Description: This view shows the south aspect of the house and the River Poulter, taken from Watt's 'Seats of the nobility', plate 29. There is a sepia version also on this site, see NTGM007059. The following description accompanies the engraving: 'Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire, the Seat of His Grace the Duke of Newcastle (drawn by T Malton, junior). The house stands in a noble park, in the forest of Sherwood, about four miles from Worksop, and six from Retford, in Nottinghamshire. The whole building is of stone and neatly finished, from designs by the late Mr Stephen Wright. The apartments are large and well proportioned, furnished with taste and elegance, and decorated with an exceeding fine collection of paintings, many of which are by the first masters. The park contains a very large track of ground, being upwards of fourteen miles in circumference; which having been almost stripped of its magnificent woods by former possessors, has been re-planted by the present Duke, in such a manner as will probably in time restore it to more than its original beauty. In the environs of Clumber Park are the noble seats of the Dukes of Norfolk, Portland and Kingston; which, with their surrounding gardens and plantations, are no inconsiderable addition to the beauty of the adjacent prospects'. Clumber Park was once part of Nottinghamshire's famed 'Dukeries'. It was formerly home to the Dukes of Newcastle, and was built in 1770 during the reign of Queen Anne. Clumber was abandoned by the seventh Duke of Newcastle for the suburban comforts of Forest Farm near Windsor in 1908 and was finally demolished in 1938. The park was used as an ammunitions dump during the Second World War. Many fascinating features of the estate remain, including the serpentine lake, an outstanding Gothic Revival Chapel, built in 1886 for the 7th Duke of Newcastle, Hardwick village and the Walled Kitchen Garden. The property was acquired by the National Trust in 1946, who now administer the remains of the estate.