Newstead Abbey & Eagle Pond

Title

Newstead Abbey & Eagle Pond

Record type

Ephemera

Original Reference

E/PC/BPG/N/1044

Date

9 Jun 1938

Scope & content

Sepia-tinted photographic postcard showing a view of Newstead Abbey and one of its ponds. Pencil: [personal message] [address in Penzance supplied]. Newstead Abbey, formerly an Augustinian priory, became a country house after the Reformation, had grounds landscaped in the 18th century, and was stripped of its assets toward the end of that century and eventually passed from the Byron family. W. F. Webb

Extent

1 postcard

Physical description

9 (h) x 14 (w) cm

Is part of

British Private Gardens Postcard Collection

Subjects

gardens

buildings (structures)

pools (bodies of water)

Credit Line

RHS Lindley Collections