Walton Hall in 1831. Drawn by Capt. Edw. Jones.
Essays on Natural History by Charles Waterton, First Series.
New Edition, 1857. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts.
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From Waterton's Essays on Natural History, 2nd Series, 1857.
This edition of the Essays was published whilst
Charles Waterton was still alve.
Note that in this plate. the hall appears to be at an angle to the Iron Bridge and footpath.

The Grotto - now sadly no more, but still a small nature reserve.
Find out more about the Grotto and the Temple - click here.

A photograph of the Hall when the Water Gate still had its heavy wooden doors.
From the excellent passage about "Waterton the Wanderer" in Julia Pitt Byrne's Social Hours With Celebrities.