Stourhead House, Wiltshire. Photograph and text (2002) by Philip V. Allingham. [You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the person who scanned the image and (2) link your document to this URL.]
Wiltshire's Stourhead House was built by the London banker Henry Hoare in the early 1720s. Hardy, who was a friend of Lady Hoare, was doubtless familiar with the contents of the house's 5,000-volume Regency library.
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