A GEORGE III MAHOGANY INLAID CORNER WASHSTAND

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PROPERTY REMOVED FROM AYOT BURY, AYOT ST PETER, WELWYN, HERTFORDSHIRE Ayot Bury was the manor house of the Ayot Montfichet moiety. It is one of the many houses in Hertfordshire with the word Bury as part of its name. This has been the same derivation as borough (a fortified place) and signals that the house was originally the home of the lord of the manor. A terracotta plaque, bearing the date 1686 and the initials CH, is now set in a modern chimney and most probably relates to Charles Horn, who became the rector in 1700. The house was enlarged and altered by Sir Alfred Reynolds JP in the 19th Century and is described by Pevsner as 'a fine well-kept house, the centre block of which is 1672'. Ayot Bury is Grade II Listed. (We are grateful to Savilles for the reproduction of the picture and information on the house.)

Details

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY INLAID CORNER WASHSTAND
Of typical form
43½in. (110cm.) high, 24in. (61cm.) wide, 17in. (43cm.) deep
See Illustration

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