Syon House Middlesex 1973 Vintage Print

A colour print from a disbound book about Stately Homes dated 1973, with unrelated text on the reverse. 

Suitable for framing, the average picture size is approx 7" x 8" or 18cm x 20.5cm, edge to edge, actual page approx 7.5" x 8" or 19cm x 20.5cm  including border see 2nd scan for position.

This is a vintage print not a modern copy and can show signs of age or previous use commensurate with the age of the print. Please view the scans as they form part of the description.

The date given of 1973 is the printing date, the actual date of creation can be earlier.

All pictures will be sent bagged and in a board backed envelope for protection in transit.

Please note: That while every care is taken to ensure my scans or photos  accurately represent the item offered for sale, due to differences in  monitors and internet pages my pictures may not be an exact match in  brightness or contrast to the actual item.

The text below is for information only and is from the opposite separate page it cannot be supplied with the print - All spelling subject to the OCR program used

SYON HOUSE, MIDDLESEX
This is another of the houses which have been engulfed by London and yet still, astonishingly, seems to be in a rural setting, an illusion largely created by the fact that Kew Gardens and the protected Park combine to form a green oasis.
There was a convent on the site here, founded by Henry v. James i gave it to Henry Percy, Duke of Northumberland, for whom Inigo Jones made some alterations. But it was Robert Adam who, between 1761 and 1770, transformed the uncompromising fifteenth-century building into a glowing jewel box of colours and carvings and marbles. Drawing upon the deep Northumberland purse, Adam was able to indulge his passion for Roman classicism, even to the extent of importing genuine Roman antiques. The ante-chamber is like a Roman temple, complete with statues. The Long Gallery was originally Jacobean until transformed by Adam: the Hall is another Roman setting in black and white marble with the additional luxury of ivory and gold and crimson silk.