Views of the seats of noblemen and gentlemen, in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland . topsail, £etcestersftu*e; THE SEAT OF THE RIGHT HON. RICHARD WILLIAM PENN CURZON HOWE, EARL HOWE. The Mansion at Gopsall, about three miles north-west of Market Bosworth, was built in the year 1765, by Mr. Alderman Westly, of Leices-ter, and is said to have cost 100,000/. It was afterwards occupied by ?JLrt: JennenS a W6althy merchant; who dying without issue in177J, he left Gopsall to his nephew, Penn Assheton Curzon, Esq whomarried a niece of Mr. Jennens. This gentleman beautified itfe inte-rior of the m
Views of the seats of noblemen and gentlemen, in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland . topsail, £etcestersftu*e; THE SEAT OF THE RIGHT HON. RICHARD WILLIAM PENN CURZON HOWE, EARL HOWE. The Mansion at Gopsall, about three miles north-west of Market Bosworth, was built in the year 1765, by Mr. Alderman Westly, of Leices-ter, and is said to have cost 100,000/. It was afterwards occupied by ?JLrt: JennenS a W6althy merchant; who dying without issue in177J, he left Gopsall to his nephew, Penn Assheton Curzon, Esq whomarried a niece of Mr. Jennens. This gentleman beautified itfe inte-rior of the mansion with a large collection of pictures, and ornamentedthe grounds with temples, &c. In one of these is a statue by Roubiliacof Religion; holding in one hand the book of life, and in the other across. This temple is consecrated to Edward Holdsworth, author ofMusapula, and Remarks and Dissertations on Virgil. In accord-ance with the design of the building, is a cenotaph, on which is a figureof genius, represented in a pensive attitude, with Virgils bust, and aLatin inscription
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