Althrop Living History Portfolio Book - Princess Diana in Los Angeles, California For Sale

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Althorp has been in the Spencer family for 500 years - This portfolio contains pics of antique artwork, furniture and ceramics. Book is a pictorial history/portfolio of the Spencer collection at Althorp
Althorp was built by the Earl of Sunderland in xxxx. The estate has been the ancestral home of the Spencer family since the 16th century. Their fortune derived from its earliest known ancestor, Sir John Spencer of Wormleighton, Warwickshire, who bought Althorp in xxxx from the Catesby family with the huge profits from his sheep-rearing business.
The house was originally a red brick Tudor building but its appearance was radically altered in the 18th century when the architect Henry Holland was commissioned to make extensive changes starting in xxxx.
The interior of the house is generally considered its strongest asset as the Spencer family has assembled an impressive collection of portrait art including several pieces painted by the Flemish master Anthony van Dyck. The estate stable block has been converted into an exhibition devoted to the memory of Diana, Princess of Wales and provides an attractive sandstone setting that effectively offsets the imposing facade of the house. Diana was interred on a small island in the middle of a lake near the estate.