Cranbury Park
near Winchester, Hampshire - Chamberlayne family
"Few mansions, even in the south of Hampshire, where country seats abound,
are more delightfully situated than Cranbury. The hill on which it stands is one
of the highest in the county, and from the extensive grounds beautiful views are obtained of
Southampton Water and the Isle of Wight to the south.
Cranbury House is a large mansion, built of red brick, with stone facings.
It is difficult to say exactly when it was originally built, but it is certain that
it is of great antiquity.
Of the ancestors of the Chamberlayne family not a few figured prominently in the history
of their country, amongst whom may be mentioned William Chamberlayne, Lord of North Ryston,
chamberlain to Henry the Second, who made prisoner Robert de Bellemont, Earl of Leicester, in 1174.
The baronetcy alluded to became extinct in 1776."
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Bonded onto a rigid card support, with a conservation grade wash-lined mount.
With a conservation grade wash-lined mount, framed in a dark walnut and gold frame.