2-798-555 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Ancient mansion, Gravel-lane, 1844. Old house in London: 'This fine old mansion, in Old Gravel-lane, Ratcliffe-highway, has just been taken down: it was originally handsome and spacious, and appeared to be of the age of Elizabeth [I].  The mansion has enjoyed considerable celebrity for years past, from a tradition of its having been the residence of the Count Gondomar, Ambassador from the Court of Spain to this country, in the reign of James I'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.