3-053-657 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

On the terrace at Trentham, 1873. The Shah of Persia visits England. 'Trentham Hall, which is situated near Barlaston, on the road from Stone to Stoke-upon-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyne, is one of the most superb mansions in rural England...The park has great advantages of wood and water, but is low and said to be rather damp; the gardens, which extend over sixty-five acres, are extremely beautiful. They comprise the terrace garden, the Italian garden, the parterre, the trellis walk, the nursery garden, and the so-called Rainbow Walk. The house is a fine Italian building, with a belvedere tower and campanile 100 ft. high...The Italian garden was illuminated that evening with coloured lamps, which had a very pretty effect, the lines of the long balustrades and rows of urns with the forms of the arbours being distinctly shown in a variety of colours. A band played in the garden, while the Shah lounged on the terrace, or smoked his quiet pipe in the conservatory, reposing after the fatigues of his journey'. From "Illustrated London News", 1873.