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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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there is nothingto mar its extremely beauti:ul character. It will be observedthat great richness characterises the house. Externally, thetwisted chmneys, the finely moulded mullions and transoms,the admirible character of the doorway and porch adornments,and the well-proportioned feature of the… … THE HENRY Vll. WING. WtAPPERTOU^ HOUSE. 155 drawing-room is an admirable example of plaster-work, withpendants and tleurs-de-lys in the panels, and a frieze veryrichly worked with medallions, while the wainscoting of therooms is extremely good. In various places in the structurethe armorial…

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