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these remarks. The date of it is the same as some parts of the 

 house we have left, and has on the ground floor a good panelled 

 room ; the beams are also of good workmanship, otherwise there is 

 nothing to call for notice until we enter the cellar, which is entirely 

 of stone. It will be observed that the house is mainly of brick, 

 and is of the same date as the Manor Farm. There are, however, 

 a few old stones in a wall of the kitchen or bakehouse, on the 

 garden side towards the river, and a few in the foundation ; but 

 there are no remains of any stone house, such as are in the 

 chimneys of the Stone prebend, across the way. This being so, 



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Cellar in Farm House, Little Chester. 



we at once ask, how is it there should be a cellar like this of well- 

 cut stones and well paved with stone, all the other part of the 

 house being of brick ? It was plainly there before the present 

 house, and has been adapted to it. Probably the cellar had been 

 filled up with rubbish, and was only discovered when the present 

 house was about to be built. It may be the cellar of the old 

 prebendal house, which we think once stood here. 



We must now refer to the sketch of the cellar. The stone 



