HOAR CROSS, 



BURTON-ON-TRENT. 



THE SEAT OF THE 



HON. MRS. MEYNELL INGRAM 



THE splc-ndid and characteristic gauh-ns ,.f Hoar Cross 

 in Staffordshire demand particular attenti n, K \ 

 they are a modern creation, and have been entirely 

 designed by Mrs. Meynt-ll Ingram. Lit UN recognise 

 in them a great and successful achievement. It was 

 no small thing to bring them to this perfection, and they are a 

 notable example of the b--^t character of the old English style. 

 H-iif Cr >ss is one of the two magnificent seats which are 

 possessed by Mrs. Meyncll Ingram, the other being Temple 

 \ . sam in Yorkshire. These ure.it domains were united 

 through the marriage of Mr. Hugo Meynell of Hoar Cros N 

 grandfather of the late Mr. Meynell Ingram, with the Hon. 

 Elizabeth Ingram, daughter and co-heiress of Viscount Irvvin. 

 What Ho.r dross lacks in historic memories or the greatness 

 of ancient architecture, it may be said to have compensation 

 for in the advantages of beautiful and commanding situation. 

 For Temple New sam. where unfortunate Darnley was born, in 

 the days when the Earl of Lennox possessed it, lies within 

 about five nrles of the smoky town of Leeds, and something of 

 the sombre pall extends even to that superb structure, which 

 A .IN raised bv Sir Arthur Ingram in the times of Charles 1., and 



still, in the open halt ement- therm!, according t^ the pi"iis 

 custom ot the time, maybe rea.l the \\<>rds. "All < iWy and 

 Pi .use he given t" < i"J. the Father, the Son. and H"l\ (ihoxt. 

 MI Hi,:!) ; Peace up >n F.arth ; (i<>.hMll toward Men; Honour 

 and true Allegiance to our dr.iv -.>us King; l.nving Attentions 

 among his Subjects ; Health and Plenty within this H 



The Staffordshire in. in >r house is a noble in insmn also, 

 cast in the same mould ot style, but of modem date. It lies n 

 a picturesque tegion of the county to the \\est of the road from 

 king's Bromley to Sudbury, and on the borders of Needw.tod 

 Forest. The situation is extremely fine, being an eminence 

 commanding entrancing view s ot the --urrounding country, w ith 

 the well-wooded and attractive grounds <if the house in the 

 foreground, and the lo'ty tower of the tine Church of the Holy 

 Angels, which Mrs. Meynell Ingram erected in memory of her 

 late husband, Mr. Hugo Francis Meynell Ingram. M.P., who 

 died in 1871, a prominent object in the prospect Anciently 

 the family of Welles were in pox^-sMon here, but only their 

 memory remains, and the present noble structure has rep! 

 th- moated manor house wherein they dwelt. In the ancient 

 N I wood custom of the hobby-horse this family were formerly 



THE CHURCH AVfcMK 



