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Re: Unidentified country house
« Reply #117 on: Friday 19 January 18 21:01 GMT (UK) »
Grade 2 listed:

https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101138189-howbury-hall-renhold#.WmJb9esmKrV

Substantially rebuilt in 1849 after fire.  :)

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Re: Unidentified country house
« Reply #118 on: Friday 19 January 18 21:05 GMT (UK) »
Brilliant Yorkslass!!  You have always been so good at identifying old houses and you certainly haven't lost the knack  ;D
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Re: Unidentified country house
« Reply #119 on: Friday 19 January 18 21:10 GMT (UK) »
Conservatory has gone  ... Shame..... If I were the current owner (I wish  ;) ) I think I would be trying to replicate the original garden and drive using noytd's photos. It is an odd garden, but Probably fashionable at the time.  :)

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Re: Unidentified country house
« Reply #120 on: Friday 19 January 18 21:53 GMT (UK) »
Hi all,

Here we are.

Howbury Hall, Renhold.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Howbury-Hall-Renhold-Nr-Bedford-unused-old-pc-Blake-Edgar/162817702338?hash=item25e8b0f9c2:g:1wMAAOSwoBtW486q

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Re: Unidentified country house
« Reply #121 on: Saturday 20 January 18 08:03 GMT (UK) »
Excellent work. I love this sort of thread.
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Re: Unidentified country house
« Reply #122 on: Saturday 20 January 18 08:12 GMT (UK) »
Well done Yorkslass, an excellent find  ;D

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Re: Unidentified country house
« Reply #123 on: Saturday 20 January 18 09:06 GMT (UK) »
Well done  :)
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Re: Unidentified country house
« Reply #124 on: Saturday 20 January 18 09:07 GMT (UK) »
Thanks all

‘Twas the “Family Crest” that clinched it.

I thought the animal above the coronet looked like a hind, so googled “Mural Crown +Hind” and came up with this
http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/19/238.htm
Pretty similar.

Bit of searching on the Polhill family and eventually found this –
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Photographic-Victorian-mother-children-Polhill-Turner/dp/B06XG1V74T

Luckily, the caption said the family lived at Howbury Hall, of which there is a fair bit of info.

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I did try searching on deer, hart, buck, roe, roebuck, doe, fawn, brocket and stag! I even searched on hind, but my skills didn't match yours :-[
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Re: Unidentified country house
« Reply #125 on: Saturday 20 January 18 10:32 GMT (UK) »
The occupant of Howbury Hall in 1861 is Frederick C Polhill Turner, 'Landed proprietor of about 3000 acres retired from Army'. see Rg 9 / 992 / 132 / 10

The initials FCP tie up with those shown on the stone by the front door
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=784838.msg6401192#msg6401192

There are lots of references to the association of the Polhill family with Howbury Hall here
http://www.all-saints-church-renhold.org/polhillfamilyhistory.html

Given the 'horsey' photos early on in the thread this is interesting (from the link above)
In the 1890's Howbury Hall was vacated by Frederick and let to Robert Peck, who established the celebrated Howbury Stud. Peck won the Derby in 1898 with Jeddah

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