Good dark image which would look great framed. This print is in very good condition and is on a sheet 12.5 x 8.5 inches (32 x 22 cm). The view itself is approx 6.5 x 5 inches (17 x 13 cm). with the text below and on the reverse describing the view. This print was published in an 1787 edition of "The Antiquities of England by Francis Grose". Due to my scanner the scan is a little cropped but in reality the print is complete with good margins. The sheet is a little browned.

Francis Grose (1731–1791) was an antiquary and lexicographer, of Swiss extraction. He published Antiquities of England and Wales (1773–87), which was well received, and thereafter, in 1789, set out on an antiquarian tour through Scotland, the fruit of which was Antiquity of Scotland (1789–91). He afterwards undertook a similar expedition to Ireland, but died suddenly at Dublin.

All Saints, Billockby. This must have been a fine church once, but the tower was rent asunder by a lightning strike in 1762. Falling masonry destroyed the nave, and all that was left was the chancel. However, this proved sufficient to the needs of the congregation, who made it safe, huddled in it miserably until a full-scale restoration of 1872, and left the rest a picturesque ruin. And so it remains.

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