1981.3860

iBase ID

3864

Title

J H Buckingham - "Tyttenhanger House - London Colney"

Short Title

1981.3860

Collection

Social History (Museum of St Albans)

Sub collection

Prints, watercolours and drawings

Accession Number

1981.3860

Description

Watercolour by J.H. Buckingham showing Tyttenhanger House and grounds, Colney Heath, near St Albans, with a man and his dog herding cattle in the foreground. Tyttenhanger House, described as "a typical building of c.1660" by Pevsner was given to Sir Thomas Pope following the Dissolution. It then passed to the Blount family and was rebuilt by Sir Henry Blount according to designs by Inigo Jones. It later passed to first the earls of Hardwick and then to the earls of Caledon. It is now used as offices.

Description (In House)

Page 38. http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/places/tyttenhanger.htm http://www.jsbp.co.uk/tyttenhanger/tytt_house.htm

Type of Original

watercolour

Original Photographer or Artist

Buckingham, John Henry

Period of Original

Victorian (1837 - 1901)

Neg No.

PH9193

High Resolution File Name

PH9193Buckingham.tif

High Resolution CD No

CD 545

Scanned From

Transparency

Scanned By

Amy Cooke

1)© St Albans Museums

Location in Image

Tyttenhanger House, Colney Heath, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK, AL4 0PG.

Published

Hebditch & Dean "JH Buckingham. A Window on Victorian St Albans.", 1988.

Compiled By

Amy Cooke

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