Donington Hall (Leicestershire)

Donington Hall is a Gothic country house in Leicestershire, built in the 1790s for Francis Rawdon-Hastings to designs by Wil...

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Donington Hall is a Gothic country house in Leicestershire, built in the 1790s for Francis Rawdon-Hastings to designs by William Wilkins the Elder, in the Donington Park estate near Castle Donington. The prints, captioned with the old spelling Donnington, show its frontage and landscaped grounds. They come from the country-house series of the 1820s and 1830s, with engravings published by Jones in 1822 and 1829 and views by Thomas Allom from 1836, and a print of 1836 shows a deer hunt in the park.

Donington Hall is a Gothic country house in Leicestershire, built in the 1790s for Francis Rawdon-Hastings to designs by William Wilkins the Elder, in the Donington Park estate near Castle Donington. The prints, captioned with the old spelling Donnington, show its frontage and landscaped grounds. They come from the country-house series of the 1820s and 1830s, with engravings published by Jones in 1822 and 1829 and views by Thomas Allom from 1836, and a print of 1836 shows a deer hunt in the park.