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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 249

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tion, and one portion of the moat stillremains, spanned by a modern bridge. The west front,which is the finest architectural feature, is symmetrical.There are four gables, the inner ones being smaller andstilted, and in each inter-space is a magnificent semi-hexagonalbay. That in the centre forms a… … THE BOWLING GREHN. of the samecharacter. Thechimneys rise invery bold stacks,and add muchto the dis-tinction ofthe outline. Theolder featuresbehind have apictuiesquenessthat is quite theirow;i, and it isdelightful, fromthe west front,to traverse thesouth walk alongthe grass beneaththe pergola,…

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