The Grand old mansion : the Holtes and their successors at Aston Hall 1618-1864 / Oliver Fairclough

Birmingham [England] : Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, 1984. First Edition. Softcover. Fine copy in the original color-printed, stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 156 pages : illustrations, maps, plans, genealogical table ; 30 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-145) and index. Contents; Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The estates -- Chapter 2: The Seventeenth-century Holtes -- Chapter 3: Holtes, Newtons, Legges and Bracebridges (1722-1817) -- Chapter 4: The building of Aston Hall -- Chapter 6: Servants -- Chapter 7: Aston Park -- Chapter 8: Aston Hall (1818-64) -- Notes and acknowledgements -- Notes on plates -- Bibliographical note -- Index. Subjects; Holt family. Holte family History. Aston Hall (Birmingham, West Midlands). Aston Hall (Birmingham, England). Aston Hall (England) History. Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery (Birmingham, England). Aston Hall ; Guidebooks. Country homes England History. Museums England Birmingham History. Historic buildings Great Britain. Country homes England Aston ; Guidebooks. Architecture England 17th century. Country Houses. Aston, near Birmingham. Birmingham. Aston Manor (Birmingham, England). Aston Hall (Warwickshire). Aston-Lower-Grounds Aston-Park. Genres; Bibliography. Biography. Illustrated.