2021

SP5750 : Canons Ashby, Sir Henry's Book Room

taken 2 years ago, near to Canons Ashby, West Northamptonshire, England

Canons Ashby, Sir Henry's Book Room
Canons Ashby, Sir Henry's Book Room
Canons Ashby House is a Grade I listed Elizabethan manor house (List Entry Number: 1075304 LinkExternal link Historic England). Originally a farmhouse, it was built in ca1550 although it was subsequently extended and altered with additions in the 1590s, in the 1630s and 1710.

The house has been owned by the National Trust since 1981 when the then-decaying building was transferred to the National Trust after a public appeal. It is open to visitors and its rooms are presented as they would have looked during the time of Sir Henry Edward Leigh Dryden (1818–1899), a Victorian antiquary with an interest in history (LinkExternal link National Trust). Apparently, he disliked the term "library" and referred to this as his "book room".

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Photographer
David Dixon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 19 October, 2021   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 23 October, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 577 506 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:9.0567N 1:9.4688W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SP 577 506
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EAST (about 90 degrees)
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