CLF311720 The entrance front at Bowood, from \'England\'s Lost Houses\' by Giles Worsley (1961-2006) published 2002 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: first house at Bowood built c.1725; it was bought by the 1st Earl of Shelburne in 1754, he commissioned Henry Keene (1726-76) to remodel it; the portico was altered and the interior decorated by Robert Adam (1728-92) in 1761-70; during the Second World War the Big House was occupied by a school, then the RAF and fell into disrepair, after which the 8th Marquess of Lansdowne had it demolished in 1956;); 穢 Country Life; English, out of copyright.