PX7042

iBase ID

4942

Title

Holywell House

Short Title

PX7042

Collection

Social History (Museum of St Albans)

Sub collection

Prints, watercolours and drawings

Accession Number

1981.3942

Description

Watercolour wash over pencil drawing of "Holywell House, St. Albans" which once stood at the bottom of Holywell Hill, St Albans. Holywell House was one of the residences of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650- 1722) and his wife Sarah, neé Jennings (1660- 1744). It was demolished in 1837. Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, also funded the construction of the Marlborough Almshouses on Hatfield Road in 1736, after her husband's death.

Description (In House)

Demolition date from Hertfordshire Genealogy website.

Type of Original

watercolour

Original Photographer or Artist

[unknown]

Neg No.

PX7042

High Resolution File Name

PX7042holywell.tif

High Resolution CD No

CD 648

Scanned By

Amy Cooke

1)© St Albans Museums

Location in Image

Holywell House, Holywell Hill, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK.

Library Image Notes

PWD box 36 (grey).

Compiled By

Amy Cooke

Date Compiled

12/09/2006

Original File Details

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Uploaded On

2016-02-29 23:07:35

File Name

10872_4.jpg

File Type

Image

File Extension

JPEG

Size

584.00 KB

Height (pixels)

1932 px

Width (pixels)

2728 px

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