2-329-613 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Witley Court, Worcestershire, home of the Earl of Dudley, c1880. Formerly known as Whitley Court, the house was built in 1655 by Thomas Foley, a prosperous Midlands ironmaster. John Nash carried out a major reconstruction in the 1800s. Since 1937 the house has fallen into ruin. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, edited by Reverend FO Morris, Volume I, William Mackenzie, London, c1880. Wood-engraved plates after paintings by Benjamin Fawcett and Alexander Francis Lydon.