Petworth House
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Petworth House is a late 17th-century Grade I listed country house in the parish of Petworth, West Sussex, England. It was built in 1688 by Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, and altered in the 1870s to the design of the architect Anthony Salvin. It contains intricate wood-carvings by Grinling Gibbons. It is the manor house of the manor of Petworth. For centuries it was the southern home for the Percy family, earls of Northumberland.
Petworth House, west facade
16th century stained glass in the Percy Window at Petworth House Chapel, depicting arms of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (1421–1461) impaling the arms of the Poynings, his wife's family
The North Gallery at Petworth House showing a significant section of the collection of paintings, sculpture and objects held in the house.
The Marble Hall at Petworth House, one of the state rooms open to visitors showing some of the neoclassical sculpture on display.
Petworth
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Petworth is a town and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the junction of the A272 east–west road from Heathfield to Winchester and the A283 Milford to Shoreham-by-Sea road.
Lombard Street looking towards St Mary's Church
Leconfield Hall, which was formerly Petworth Town Hall
The Lake, Petworth, Sunset - William Turner - Tate Britain
Petworth Fair