Views of the seats of noblemen and gentlemen, in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland . outhtfl $arfc, 38etiforli0|)tre; THE SEAT OF WILLIAM HENRY WHITBREAD, ESQ., This Seat, which ranks among the first in the country, lies about twomiles to the north of Shefford, and was, for a considerable period, thecountry residence of the Byngs. The Manor belongs to Lord Ongley,who is a descendant, in the female line, from Sir Samuel Ongley,Knight, Sheriff of the County in 1703. His Lordship has also the ma-nor of Stamfordbury, in the same parish. The mansion at SouthillPark was built, from designs
Views of the seats of noblemen and gentlemen, in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland . outhtfl $arfc, 38etiforli0|)tre; THE SEAT OF WILLIAM HENRY WHITBREAD, ESQ., This Seat, which ranks among the first in the country, lies about twomiles to the north of Shefford, and was, for a considerable period, thecountry residence of the Byngs. The Manor belongs to Lord Ongley,who is a descendant, in the female line, from Sir Samuel Ongley,Knight, Sheriff of the County in 1703. His Lordship has also the ma-nor of Stamfordbury, in the same parish. The mansion at SouthillPark was built, from designs by Holland, by the late Mr. Whitbread,upon purchasing the estate, in the year 1795. The south front, as re-presented in our engraving, consists of a centre and two wings, eachsurmounted with a pediment: it has also a portico and a corridor of theIonic order. The basement story and the wings are rusticated. Theinterior is fitted up with much elegance, and its decorations are chasteand beautiful. Over the doors of some of the principal rooms areanimals in basso relievo, by Garrard, and
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