'Holywell House'
Period
Victorian (1837 - 1901)
Description
Line block reproduction of a drawing by Frederick Kitton, showing the old Holywell House which once stood at the bottom of Holywell Hill, St Albans.
Holywell House was one of the residences of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650- 1722) and his wife Sarah, neé Jennings (1660- 1744). It was demolished in 1837. Since this was before Kitton's birth, this drawing was presumably done from an earlier print, such as 1994.303.
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, also funded the construction of the Marlborough Almshouses on Hatfield Road in 1736, after her husband's death.
Type of original
line block print
Artist or photographer
Kitton, Frederick G.
Location depicted in image
Holywell House, Holywell Hill, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK.
Copyright
1)© St Albans Museums
Photo number
PX9469
