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 18
Petworth House, west façade
The 16th-century Percy Window in Petworth House Chapel, showing the arms of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (1421–1461) impaled with the arms of Eleanor Poynings, his wife
Benjamin Robert Haydon 1826 painting Alexander the Great Taming Bucephalus painted for Petworth House
The North Gallery at Petworth House showing a significant section of the collection of paintings, sculpture and objects held in the house.
The Percy family is an old English noble family. They were among the oldest and most powerful noble families in Northern England for much of the Middle Ages. The noble family is known for its long riv
Petworth House
…intricate wood-carvings by Grinling Gibbons (d. 1721). 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 is famous for its extensive art collection made by the Northumberland and Seymour/Somerset families and George…
17th-century Percy Window in Petworth House, Sussex, displaying in stained glass 9 heraldic escutcheons of quartered arms of 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, father of 7th & 8th, 7th, 8th & 9th Percy Earls of Northumberland, each impaling the quartered arms of his wife.
A portrait of Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland
Arms of Smithson of Stanwick, Yorkshire (ancient): Argent, a chevron engrailed sable between three oak leaves erect slipped vert
Augmented arms of Smithson Baronets of Stanwick to Sir Hugh Smithson, 1st Baronet by King Charles II of England for loyalty: Or, on a chief embattled azure three suns proper