Earl de Grey's Mansion at Wrest Park
When his aunt Amabel died in 1833, Thomas Robinson, 2nd Earl de Grey (1781–1859), inherited an outstanding garden with a large, crumbling house of medieval or...
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When his aunt Amabel died in 1833, Thomas Robinson, 2nd Earl de Grey (1781–1859), inherited an outstanding garden with a large, crumbling house of medieval origin.
Rather than making improvements to the old house, de Grey, an accomplished amateur architect, demolished it and between 1834 and 1839 built a new house. Unusually for the time, he chose to adopt an 18th-century French style of architecture both inside and outside the house.
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Rather than making improvements to the old house, de Grey, an accomplished amateur architect, demolished it and between 1834 and 1839 built a new house. Unusually for the time, he chose to adopt an 18th-century French style of architecture both inside and outside the house.
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Canon PowerShot SX720 HS
Aperture f/5 ISO 80 Shutter 1/500 Focal Length 14788/1000 
Silsoe, Bedfordshire, GB
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marilynjlyon
August 22, 2019
Beautiful, I love that you tell the history of your pictures. Most of us that live on a different continent find it interesting hearing the history of the places - at least I certainly do. : )
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