|
The two images below are the front
and back of a fascinating invitation card issued by There are some errors and speculation in the text . The Illustration is much later than 1775 although not much had changed since that date. It was published in 1842 and predates the building of Grainger Street and Neville Street which now cut across Westgate Road. The reference to Grinling Gibbons who
was a famous stone and woodcarver 1648 -1721 seems wrong as
George II was King 1727 to 1760. However the Doorway is the
work of a master craftsman and made from a different stone
to the rest of the front , sugesting that it is an aquired
feature or even retained from the building as it was before
it was 'recased ' in ashlar, about 1775. 
|
