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Gardens, old and new; the country house & its garden environment (1900)

Leyland, John, 1857?-1924, ed, Tipping, H. Avray (Henry Avray), 1855-1933, ed, Country Life Limited · London, The Offices of "Country life illustrated": George Newnes, Ltd., New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 115

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is not, as a castellated structure, very spaciousor remarkable in construction, but it is an excellent example ofthe military architecture of the early fourteenth century, withfour massiveround towers.Within, therehas beenmuch modern-isation, butexternallythe feudalcharacter iswell main-tained,… … THE END OF THE UPPER TERRACE tlrere is much worI<: of the same class within, all datingfrom tlie early occupation of the Herberts, to wliom the castlecame in Elizabeths reign by purchase from the Greys, whohad received it in marriage with the heiress of Edward LordPowys. The gateway referred to…

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