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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 203

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behng thevery fine and characteristic gate-posts crested by eagles withexpanded wings. In the time of Henry I. the manor belonged to a familybearing the name of Bryte, and, after passing through manyhands, it came in 1604 by marriage to Richard Broderipp, fromwhose family it went, again by… … THE AVENUE AND STABLES. Mr. Henry Compton. In the hands of successive owners theplace has undergone various modifications, but there is nothingto mar its extremely beauti:ul character. It will be observedthat great richness characterises the house. Externally, thetwisted chmneys, the finely moulded…

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