Prestwood Hall: engraving

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Date:1762 - 1802 (c.)

Description:Showing a south east view of the hall from the park with a stream in the middle distance. It shows the Hall altered to suit Gothic taste. It is three storeys high with gable attics and a court-yard between the two wings.Inscribed 'To the Honble. Edward Foley, the South East view of Prestwood, is inscribed by his most obliged servant S.Shaw'

Engraved by Wilson after a drawing by Rev. S. Shaw.

The Foley family kept Prestwood Hall or House until 1919. It was demolished in the mid 1920s after a fire broke out during alterations. A new hospital building was built on the site of the former house.

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Donor ref:SV-VIII.50 (45/9574)

Source: William Salt Library

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