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Bristol - Leigh Court Somersetshire - by T. S. Butterworth ‘The Magnificent Seat of Philip John Miles Esq.’ Coloured Lithograph published by Day & Haghe, Litho’s to the Queen, mounted framed and glazed, 30cm x 25cm.Leigh Court - The original Leigh Court was an Elizabethan mansion built by Sir George Norton of Bristol in 1558, after the estate of some 2,500 acres (10 km2) was sold to Philip John Miles (1773-1845) in 1811, he demolished the original building around 1812 and in 1814 rebuilt the seat a quarter of a mile further north-east, to designs by Thomas Hopper ,that were based on plans which Hopper had previously drawn for Pytminster House , Wiltshire. Philip Miles died in 1845, leaving Leigh Court to his eldest son, William Miles , for whom the Miles Baronetcy of was created in 1859. In 1884 the second Baronet, Sir Philip Miles , entertained the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII . Externally the architectural style of Leigh Court is Palladian , the south-east and north-west elevations are identical, with the central three bays slightly advanced with a detached portico of four, unfluted Ionic columns, with plain entablature and pediments. The north-east elevation is of seven bays with the central bays recessed behind four Ionic columns. To the south-west are attached nine-bay service wings of two storeys.The impressive, largely intact interior is Greek Reviva . The square entrance hall has a central ring of eight marble Ionic columns which support a saucer dome. In addition it contains decorative anthemion friezes and a stone and marble patterned floor.The mansion housed a collection of over a hundred paintings representing many Old Masters -Domenichino (including the St John the Evangelist sold in 2009 for £9.2 million),Titian , Poussin , Michelangelo ,Raphael ,Rubens ,Claude Lorrain (including the Altieri Claudes ) andVan Dyke ,as well as numerous family portraits, however the majority of the more famous paintings were sold between 1884 and 1898. It was possible to visit the house to view the art collection on Thursday afternoons upon application to the Miles family's business offices at 61Queen Square, Bristol (formerly the house of Philip John Miles's father, William Miles). The Great Hall which has a double staircase still contains an original pipe organ built by Flight and Robson of London. In addition to being played manually, it could originally be set to play the overture and a duet (Ah, Perdona) from Mozart ’s Clemenza di Tito .The grounds were originally landscaped by Humphrey Repton .At the turn of the 19th century a 2-acre (8,100 m2) walled garden was built to provide food for the estate. The Miles family continued to occupy the house until 1917.
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Leigh Court, Somersetshire - After Nicholas Pocock (1781 - 1841) Coloured Engraving farm workers above estate, dated 1795, mounted, framed and glazed, 35cm x 26cm; ‘Kings Weston The Seat of Edward Southwell Clifford Lord de Clifford’ black & white plate, published March 1st 1825, mounted, framed and glazed, 21cm x 15cm, (2).
Lot 174
1935 Lawn Tennis Programme and Tickets The World's Professional Indoor Tennis Championship Singles and Doubles dated 30 Sep to 5 Oct, tickets dated 5 Oct seat number 143 and 144, programme includes List of Matches centrally, separate signatures on a piece of paper to include W. T. Tilden, H. Ellsworth Vines, L Stoefen, and 1 other, overall condition appears G (4)
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