3-070-806 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

North-west view of Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire, visited by the Prince and Princess of Wales, 1881. 'Grimsthorpe Castle...is the residence of Lord Aveland's mother, the Baroness Willoughby de Eresby...[It] is a large, massive, and stately pile, quadrangular in form, and is built on the summit of a considerable hill, from which there are extensive views on all sides...From its position, the Castle must, in olden time, have been an important military stronghold...Early in the last century, the north front of the castle was erected, after the designs of Sir John Vanbrugh, who was also employed to decorate other portions of the castle, both outside and in. The north front, with its lofty wings, enriched pinnacles, bold columns, double rows of windows, and classical groups of statuary, is a very fine specimen of the imposing solidity of Vanbrugh's style...The flower-gardens are on the south and east fronts, and, with shrubberies and yew-walks, are continued to the very extensive walled kitchen-gardens...We have selected for our chief Illustration the northwest view of the Castle, as seen over the lake from the chief riding in the Bishop Hall Wood...Another view shows the east front, with the suite of state rooms'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.