The Houghton Hall estate was in poor shape on the death of Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford. His heir, the Earl of Cholmondeley, commissioned a Cheshire surveyor, Joseph Hill, to make a survey of the estate.
The volume also contains 18 maps and 85 illustrations, chiefly of farm houses, with detailed commentary.
Series: Norfolk Record Society
Volume Number: L
Year of Publication: 1984
Edited By: David Yaxley
Cover: Hardcover
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0951160001
Subjects:
- Norfolk;
- Fakenham;
- Country Houses;
- Houghton Hall;
- History;
