Lives of a Lancashire Mansion
Colin Dickinson
Alston (new) Hall
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Release Date: 20/12/2023
Alston (new) Hall
Six years in the making, this superbly crafted book is a ‘must read’ for anyone interested in Victorian country mansions.
Six years in the making, this superbly crafted book is a ‘must read’ for anyone interested in Victorian country mansions with regard to social life, architecture, layout of rooms and grounds, décor and furniture, twentieth-century developments in electric lighting and vacuum cleaning systems. The author, with much thoroughness, presents a detailed historical account of one of Lancashire’s well-loved country mansions; an account enriched by a large and impressive selection of illustrations.