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Dolobran
Dolobran is a Shingle style architecture, Shingle Style house at 231 Laurel Lane in Haverford, Pennsylvania. It was designed by architect Frank Furness for shipping magnate Clement Griscom in 1881, and was expanded at least twice by Furness. The house and 146-acre (59 hectare) estate served as a summer retreat for Griscom, his wife, and five children.George E. Thomas, Jeffrey A. Cohen and Michael J. Lewis, ''Frank Furness: The Complete Works'' (Revised Edition) (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, Inc., 1996). It was named for Dolobran, Montgomeryshire, Dolobran, the Welsh manor and estate of Thomas Lloyd (lieutenant governor), Griscom's ancestors. House The main house stands on the edge of a hill, with the land sloping down on the north, east and south sides to tributaries of Mill Creek (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania), Mill Creek. Furness altered an existing stone house, turning its first and second floors into the hall and upper hall of the new house, and shooting out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolobran, Montgomeryshire
Dolobran, in the county of Montgomeryshire (now Powys) in Wales, is a historic estate which was the earliest known seat of the expansive Lloyd family, prominent Quakers, of which in the 18th century a junior branch, the Lloyd family (Birmingham), Lloyd family of Birmingham, seated at Farm, Bordesley, became prominent in and around Birmingham as iron-founders and founded Lloyds Bank, today one of the largest banks in the United Kingdom. The Listed building, grade II* listed manor house known as Dolobran Hall about 8 miles north-west of the town of Welshpool, is situated in the parish of Meifod to the west of the village of Meifod and to the east of the village of Pontrobert. One of the family historians, Humphrey Lloyd (1975), estimated the historic estate of Dolobran to have comprised about 1,000 acres. In 2015 Dolobran Hall and its 70-acre estate are used for farming and industrial training by the J.M. Evans Partnership. John Meirion Evans (1926–2015) of Dolobran Hall by his w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
