IN ENGLISH HOMES 



THE INTERNAL CHARACTER, FURNITURE, & ADORNMENTS 



OF SOME OF THE MOST NOTABLE HOUSES OF 



ENGLAND ACCURATELY DEPICTED FROM 



PHOTOGRAPHS SPECIALLY TAKEN BY 



CHARLES LATHAM. 



VOLS. I. and II. NOW READY. 



PRICE 2 as. EACH NETT, BY POST 2 3 s. 



Tbe following are the principal 

 Houses Illustrated in the 

 First Volume: 



Agecroft Hall, Lancashire 

 Apethorpe, Northampton 

 Audley End, Essex 

 Beltoii House, Grantham 

 Birtsmorton Court, Gloucester- 

 shire 



Bowood Park, Wiltshire 

 Boston House, Middlesex 

 Bradfield, Devon 

 Bramall Hall. Cheshire 

 Bramshill Park, Hampshire 

 Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire 

 Burton Agnes, Yorkshire 

 Cassiobury Park. Hertfordshire 

 Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire 

 Castle Howard, Yorkshire 

 Chastleton House, Oxfordshire 

 Chawton House, Hampshire 

 Cobham Hall, Kent 

 Combe Abbey, Warwickshire 

 Crewe Hall, Cheshire 

 Drakelowe Hall, Burton-on-Trent 

 Dunster Castle, Somerset 

 Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire 

 Gifford's Hall, Suffolk 

 Godinton, Kent 

 Goodwood House, Sussex 

 Grimsthorpe, Lincolnshire 

 Groombridge Place, Kent 

 Haddon Hall, Derbyshire 

 Hampton Court, Middlesex 

 Hardwick Hall. Derbyshire 

 Hatfield House, Hertfordshire 

 Hewell Grange, Worcestershire 

 Holme Lacy, Hereford 

 Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire 

 Kingston Lacy, Dorset 

 Knowsley Hall. Lancashire 

 Lanhydrock, Cornwall 

 Levens Hall. Westmorland 

 Littlecote, Wiltshire 

 Longleat, Wiltshire 

 Melbury House, Dorset 

 Old Place, Sussex 

 Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk 

 I 'ail lain Park, Sussex 

 Ragley Hall, Warwickshire 

 Red Lodge, Bristol 

 Rufford Abbey, Nottinghamshire 

 Rushbrooke Hall, Suffolk 

 Saltram, Devon 

 Sandringham. Norfolk 

 Smithills Hall. Lancashire 

 Speke Hall, I^ancashire 

 Stanway House, Gloucestershire 

 Stoke Park, Buckingham 

 Stourhead, Wiltshire 

 Sutton Place, Surrey 

 Sydenham House, Devon 

 The Deanery Gardens, Sonning 

 The Vyne, Basingstoke. Hamp- 

 shire 



Tythrop House. Oxfordshire 

 Waddesdon Manor, Buckingham- 

 shire 



Wakehurst Place, Sussex 

 Wentworth Castle, Yorkshire 

 West Dean Park, Sussex 

 West wood Park. Worcestershire 

 Wilton House, Salisbury 

 Wolfeton House, Dorset 

 Wroxton Abbey, Oxfordshire 



A FEW PRESS OPINIONS. 



Pall Mall Gazette. 



" . . . In no previous publication has the domestic architecture of these islands 

 received such full and generous treatment, and the generous expanse of page shows off 

 the details of some of the finest half tone plates we have seen. The second volume is, if 

 anything, even finer than its predecessor. . . . These two handsome volumes make 

 one of the most desirable presents with which a country house library could be 

 adorned." 



Westminster Gazette. 



" No such record of the existing historic and picturesque houses of England has 

 appeared since the appearance of Joseph Nash's great work. The record in the present 

 publication is far more complete in most respects. . . . These handsome volumes 

 are of the highest value to all who are interested in the subject, and must increase in the 

 interest of their appeal as the years pass. . . . Altogether a delightful work the 

 legitimate successor to Xash. 



Scotsman. 



"All who take any interest in the subject, whether from the historical or the artistic 

 point of view, will be glad to possess the volumes." 



Times. 



" A very dignified volume with an immense number of fine photographs and historical 

 and descriptive letterpress depicting the internal character, furniture anil adornments of 

 some of the most notable houses of England." 



Manchester Guardian. 



" The look will IK- welcomed by all who take an interest in our country homes and 

 by those also who merely want something presentable to leave on a drawing room table. 

 It is well bound, well illustrated, well printed." 



Birmingham Post. 



"We have nothing but praise for Mr. Latham's work, which forms a worthy and 

 abiding memorial of many great English homes traditionally associated with state and 

 splendour." 



Globe. 



"As a pictorial record of interesting examples of domestic architecture it can lie 

 highly commended. The illustrations arc well selected and excellently reproduced " 



Guardian. 



' This sumptuous volume will be a delight to every lover O( old houses, even although 

 he may never chance to have seen any of the stately homes which it describes and 

 illustrates. ' In English Homes' reaches the high water mark of the voluminous litera- 

 ture which, during the last few years, has sprung up around the wealth of ancient houses 

 which, in spite of fire, time, and the reckless destroyer, lend beauty and dignity to every 

 corner of England." 



Morning Post. 



"Such a work as 'In English Homes' corner .t^ lomelhing of a revelation. One 

 may have a general idea, or even some particular knowledge, of the splendours of 

 architecture, decoration, furniture, and works of art ap[>ertaining to our country 

 mansions, and yet be astonished at all Ihe taste and magnificence represented in the 

 profusion of excellent photographs. . . . The abundant illustrations are well 

 designed to exemplify the elaborate details of carving and plaster work, as well as the 

 liold architectural schemes that characterise the interiors and exteriors of the hou< .. ' 



Western Morning News. 



" What beauties lie hidden in the great houses all over the country, and the old 

 manors or castles that still preserve their character as a dwelling place can only Ite 



'jitatcly gauged from a volume like this. ... In every way the volume will 1> an 

 unfailing source of pleasure and delight to all who care for ancient houses or ancient 

 furniture." 



The following are the principal 

 Houses Illustrated in the 

 Second Volume: 



Adlington Hall, Cheshire 

 Aston Hall, Birmingham 

 Athelhampton, South Dorset 

 Baddesley Clinton, North War- 

 wickshire 



Beningbrough Hall, Yorkshire 

 Blickling Hall, Aylsham, Nor- 

 folk 

 Bolsover Castle, Chesterfield. 



Derbyshire 



Burton Constable, Hull, York- 

 shire 



Canons Ashby, South Northants 

 Chicheley Hall, Newport Pagnell, 



Bucks 



Clouds, South-West Wiltshire 

 Cotehele, Cornwall 

 Dorton House, Thame, Oxford- 

 shire 



Drakelowe, Burton, Derbyshire 

 East Sutton Park, Maidstone, 



Kent 



Glynde, Lewes, Sussex 

 Hanford House, Blandford, Dor- 

 setshire 



Hever Castle, Kent 

 Hill Hall, Epping, Essex 

 Hoghton Tower, Blackburn, Lan- 

 cashire 



Holland House, Kensington 

 Hornby Castle, Richmond, York- 

 shire 

 Hutton-in-the-Forest, Penrith, 



Cumberland 



Ightham Mote, Sevenoaks, Kent 

 Knebworth House, Hertfordshire 

 Langleys, Great Waltham, Essex 

 Lyme, Cheshire 



Marshcourt, Stockbridge, Hamp- 

 shire 



Maxstoke Castle, North Warwick- 

 shire 



Methley Hall, Leeds 

 Newburgh Priory, Yorkshire 

 No. 12, Welshback, Bristol 

 Park Hall, Oswestry, Salop 

 Prinknash Park, Gloucestershire 

 yuenby Hall, Leicestershire 

 Kagdale Old Hall, Leicester- 

 shire 

 Ribston Hall, Knaresborough, 



Yorkshire 



Rothamsted, Harpenden, Hert- 

 fordshire 



St. Donats Castle, Glamorgan- 

 shire 



Samlesbury Hall, Lancashire 

 Sizergh Castle, Kendal, Westmor- 

 land 



Stockton House, Wiltshire 

 Temple Newsam, Yorkshire 

 The Grange, Honiton, Devon- 

 shire 



Treasurer's House, York 

 Welbeck AUbey, Worksop, Not- 

 tinghamshire 

 Westonbirt House, Tetbury, 



Gloucestershire 

 Woodsome Hall, Huddersfield, 



Yorkshire 



Woollas Hall, Pershore, Worces- 

 tershire 



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