Description

Summary: print, reduced black and white photograph, 'Pilewell in the County of Southampton. The seat of James Worsley Esq' shows a bird's eye view of Pylewell House, c1670 Boldre, Hampshire with formal gardens, farm buildings and granary? by house with the Solent and Newton, Yarmouth and The Needles on the Isle of Wight, and Hurst Castle, Milford-on-Sea, Hampshire in the far distance. copyright belongs to the Society of Antiquaries, Piccadilly, who hold the original

Identification note: This drawing of Pylewell House depicts a three storey symmetrical house, laid out with formal gardens, and an avenue leading south to the Solent and the Isle of Wight. The design may be attributed to John James, who was a buildings and garden architect, working in the first half of the 18th century. How much of the formal gardens were ever planted remains uncertain, because the picture may represent a proposal, rather than a detailed record of actual plantings.