Caption For Boscombe, The Chine Hotel 1892
Originally built by Sir Drummond Wolfe in the early 18th century and later extended, this luxury hotel with 80
rooms, three acres of gardens and its own well, was immensely popular with the leading stars
Caption For London, The Houses Of Parliament 1886
Covering nearly
eight acres of ground, it was constructed to Sir Charles Barry's design,
although its intricate ornament and detailing were conceived and
wrought by that master of Victorian Gothic
Caption For Cardiff, Roath Park 1896
In all, with additional
areas added, the park
totalled a grand 102
acres, which follows the
Roath Brook between
fashionable Cyncoed and
Penylan to the east and
Heath, Cathays and Roath
Caption For London, The Houses Of Parliament 1886
Covering nearly
eight acres of ground, it was constructed to Sir Charles Barry’s design,
although its intricate ornament and detailing were conceived and
wrought by that master of Victorian Gothic
Caption For Bramshott, Quince Farm 1917
It was rural, bucolic scenes like this one at 600-acre Quince Farm that inspired Tennyson to write a poem of 47 words while visiting the area one summer's day in the 1860s.
Caption For Cadair Idris, From Cross Foxes C1960
Near Cross Foxes, a tract of land on the slopes of Cadair Idris known as Tir Stent carries an unusually nutritious vegetation, which supports more sheep per acre than the poor acid soils elsewhere in these
Caption For Grantham, Belton House C1960
North of Grantham, set in its seven hundred acre landscaped deer park, Belton House was begun in 1685; it is architecturally conservative for that date with its cupola and balustraded flat roof.
Caption For Godmersham, 1909
Just outside the village is the beautiful 560-acre Godmersham Park, the home down the centuries of the Valoigns, Astyns and Broadnaxes.