september december landowner family devout anglican high church tradition local paid restoration parish church building new churches villages estates built cottages farm buildings villages mother line inherited estates best remembered rebuilding chapel dedicated helping create picturesque appearance village great wife designed extensive new formal gardens southeast hall included earliest borders britain hall gardens owned family open public main hobby hunting keen member later president nearby wrote poetry subject matter reflected interests hunting countryside rhymes found grounds hall early life born eldest son wife emma father seventh son 9th death elder brother maternal grandmother called emma youngest sister sir 5th children sir peter died left estates junior time minor father added royal licence year educated admitted oxford evidence awarded degree time oxford went grand tour returned life hall having gained control estates achieving age majority landowner managed estate death time estate profitable able enjoy larger income predecessors high church anglican supporter having influenced newman regularly attended choral chapel hall hunt days wore hunting colours took little interest politics respect regarded having passive 1850s paid restoration local parish church mary saints great encouraged style worship paid building new churches villages estates village paid new church built design chester time nephew incumbent church replaced old church dedicated parish church old church exists site village village miles north paid church built design liverpool paid construction secular buildings villages estates designed campaign restore village render picturesque victorian eyes restored cottages village built new ones blend george dragon simple bay georgian inn village adding chimneys brick elliptical headed doorway steep pyramid shaped turret village changed little remains charming villages paid building cottage founded village paid school church hall post office features style douglas added timber framed stands opposite new church built public road fox hunter poet keen fox hunter rode member president retired hunting honorary member club friend described equally home hunting field parish church appointed deputy lieutenant officer served justice peace high sheriff poetry usually subjects hunting country life light hearted popular published hunting songs ran editions titles songs include good merry farmer stanza poem considered best work created estate inscriptions present published documents cattle plague lord halifax referred perfect combination good good landlord keen man literary tastes book hunting duke described homer hunting field wrote copenhagen war horse ridden battle 1st duke wellington god instrument clay share glory glorious day written request 2nd duke erected father famous horse grave duke approved choice poet like keen fact duke hunted copenhagen peninsula rebuilding took estate hall dilapidated rats decided replace completely took great interest design new house chapel ideas reflected respectively artistic religious values respect house influenced spirit romantic movement wanted new house reflect ancient lineage suggest pity middle ages rejected style architecture fashionable time chose instead build house known style wanted incorporate modern technology materials construction want expensive commissioned young local architect worked closely design suggested final cost region thousand thousand today agreed architectural feature house exact model existing building travelled visited buildings study features phase building started east north west wings old house demolished new building phase consisted servants quarters utility rooms drawing room grand staircase hall built left unfinished modern fitted structure house raised arches reduce effect damp spaces arches warmed patent device phase completed cost million today took break partly raise money needed completion house work designs remaining rooms second final phase built south demolished building present today finished final cost house came million today designing chapel broke away classical style architecture having influenced decided designed gothic style commissioned nationally famous architect design chapel completed consecrated north aisle porch added design took estate gardens mainly east hall wife mary designed new gardens developed southwest hall implemented designs apparently professional help present gardens largely result planning border type created england items planted present include border planted holly oak cylinders walk planted 1850s family later life eldest child brothers sisters younger brother born graduated rector born major 47th lancashire regiment foot peter born worked moving australia achieved notoriety explorer youngest brother born emigrated established farm western_australia sisters emma born charlotte april married eldest daughter sir 6th children piers later mid mary wife died younger daughter family moved live suffering soon blind continued walks led leather path constructed terrace hall wire guide health began fail died age buried family vault great church estate amounted little million today
Rowland Egerton-Warburton