Rosings Park is the home of the de Bourgh family, which at the time of the novel includes Lady Catherine, Anne de Bourgh and her live-in companion Mrs. Jenkinson.
Architecture and Decor
Architecturally, we’re given a number of clues that Rosings is not the ancient country house that Pemberley is. The narrator tells us that “it was a handsome modern building, well situated on rising ground.” Given the era, this means that the house is likely palladian or even neo-gothic depending on just how modern it is. Mr. Collins also tells us that the chimney piece cost £800, suggesting that either it was recently added or Lady Catherine talks about her home in an unspeakably crass manner.
Later on, we're told of Pemberley House that "it was neither gaudy nor uselessly fine; with less of splendour, and more real elegance, than the furniture of Rosings," suggesting that the place is quite gaudy.
Park, Gardens and Land
We know that Rosings is in the midst of what Mr. Collins describes as “very extensive property.” It is on the other side of a lane from Hunsford Parsonage which is later described as being half a mile away and from which it can be seen through a view “afforded by an opening in the trees that bordered the park nearly opposite the front” of the parsonage. Of the park, we’re told that “Elizabeth saw much to be pleased with.” We’re told that Lizzy’s “favourite walk, and where she frequently went while the others were calling on Lady Catherine, was along the open grove which edged that side of the park, where there was a nice sheltered path, which no one seemed to value but herself, and where she felt beyond the reach of Lady Catherine's curiosity.”
