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Appuldurcombe House
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Appuldurcombe House is the shell of a large 18th-century English Baroque country house of the Worsley family. The house is situated near to Wroxall on the Isle of Wight, England. It is now managed by
Appuldurcombe House, Wroxall 21
Appuldurcombe House, Wroxall 21
The Tudor Appuldurcombe House in 1690, drawn by Sir Robert Worsley, dated 1720
The Tudor Appuldurcombe House in 1690, drawn by Sir Robert Worsley, dated 1720
"Appuldurcombe Park, the seat of the Right Honourable Sir Richard Worsley Baronet, Governor and Vice-Admiral of the Isle of Wight". Engraving publishe
"Appuldurcombe Park, the seat of the Right Honourable Sir Richard Worsley Baronet, Governor and Vice-Admiral of the Isle of Wight". Engraving published in: Worsley, Sir Richard, History of the Isle of Wight, London, 1781
The setting of the house within the South Wight countryside. The house is at the centre of the picture.
The setting of the house within the South Wight countryside. The house is at the centre of the picture.
Seymour Fleming
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Seymour Dorothy Fleming, styled Lady Worsley from 1775 to 1805, was a member of the British gentry, notable for her involvement in a high-profile criminal conversation trial.
Appuldurcombe House
…Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet Worsley of Appuldurcombe. The newly extended mansion was where Sir Richard brought his new wife, the 17-year-old Seymour Fleming, whom he married "for love and £80,000". Capability Brown was commissioned in 1779 to design the ornamental grounds at the same time as the extensions…
Portrait of Lady Worsley by Joshua Reynolds, 1779. She is shown in a riding habit adapted from the uniform of her husband's regiment; now at Harewood
Portrait of Lady Worsley by Joshua Reynolds, 1779. She is shown in a riding habit adapted from the uniform of her husband's regiment; now at Harewood House
The counterpart (or pendant) painting of her husband Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet
The counterpart (or pendant) painting of her husband Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet
Cartoon by James Gillray: "Sir Richard Worse-than-sly, exposing his wife's bottom; – o fye!"
Cartoon by James Gillray: "Sir Richard Worse-than-sly, exposing his wife's bottom; – o fye!"