Cole Orton Hall, Leicestershire
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper, Wood
Measurements
230 x 270 mm
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 286915
Summary
Print, tinted, Cole Orton Hall, Leicestershire. The hall is shown beyond a pool surrounded by trees. The hall is in Gothic style. The trees are coloured bright green. Mounted on green card with a gold frame. Coleorton Hall is a 19th-century country mansion, formerly the seat of the Beaumont baronets of Staughton Grange. In 1738 the estate and baronetcy passed to George Beaumont, of Great Dunmow, Essex. His son Sir George Beaumont, 7th Baronet (1753-1827)rebuilt the old manor house in about 1804 to a design by architect George Dance the Younger. The grounds were laid out by Uvedale Price. In 1848, two extensions, the Picture Gallery and Beaumont Room, with its ornate ceiling panels, were added. The ninth baronet substantially remodelled the house in about 1862, with the assistance of architect FP Cockerell, adding another storey.