Comprises letters from William Gilpin (1757-1848) to his wife Elizabeth (née Farish), 1781-1821. Additionally includes: 3 letters from various correspondents to Gilpin, 1847, n.d. (c.534, fols. 140-145); memoranda of William Gilpin the elder on Gothic architecture, n.d., and his 'Observations on the river Wye', 1782 (fols. 146-149).