
3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of Lyveden New Bield, Peterborough, Northamptonshire over the canal. The structure was started in 1594 as a garden lodge but remained uncompleted on the death of its owner Sir Thomas Tresham in 1605. The building is two storeys high and built in the shape of a cross, with details and decoration typical of Elizabethan symbolism and Catholicism.
Image Details
Property Name
Lyveden New Bield
NTPL Ref. No.
157895
Region
East Midlands
©NTPL/Paul Harris