The Brookes at Norton Priory: The Tudor Manor House and Georgian Mansion; The Brookes at Norton Priory: The Civil War and After, 1642 to 1660 (Two Volumes)

Two volumes (1) 14pp spiral bound booklet with black and white illustrations; very gentle edge wear to card covers else neat, clean, bright and tight.  (2) 34pp spiral bound booklet with black and white illustrations, gentle edge wear to card covers, else neat, clean, bright and light.  Both are landscape 8vos. In 1546, nine year after Norton Abbey had been closed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, Sir Richard Brooke purchased the estate from Henry VIII.  Norton Priory had been elevated to abbey status in 1391 and with that came expansion, making a significant complex of buildings.  Sir Richard and his descendants lived in and developed the estate for almost 400 years, until 1921. These volumes explore and set out the sequences of changes for the buildings at Norton Priory, and include historical maps, sketches and photographs.