Yale Center for British Art

Title:

Trosley Towers, Wrotham, Kent.

Published / Created:

England, circa 1900.

Physical Description:

18 photographs in 1 album : albumen prints ; volume 33 x 43 cm

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2024 10
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Photographs

Notes:

Title stamped in gold on front cover.

Bookplate: Rupert Gunnis.

Bound in contemporary leather.

The photographer and compiler are unidentified. The Trosley Towers mansion was built in 1887 at the instigation of Sir Sydney Waterlow (1822-1906). It passed to his son, Sir Philip Hickson Waterlow (1847-1931). Trosley Towers was demolished in 1936.

Contents:

[1] Trosley Towers -- [2] The marble corridor -- [3] The marble corridor -- [4] The drawing room -- [5] The drawing room -- [6] The hall -- [7] The billiard room -- [8] The dining room -- [9] The boudoir -- [10] The boudoir -- [11] A bedroom -- [12] The dovecote -- [13] The pergola -- [14] The downs view walk -- [15] The pilgrims way -- [16-18] 24 Carlton House Terrace, London: The drawing room.

Subject Terms:

Trosley Towers (Trottiscliffe, England) | Trosley Country Park (Trottiscliffe, England) | Architecture, Domestic -- Pictorial works. | Gunnis, Rupert -- Bookplate.

Form/Genre:

Photographs. | Photograph albums. | Albumen prints.