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Western tower, and stands in the midst of a Churchyard, filled 
with tombstones, hardly one of which retains its perpendicu- 
- larity. 
Thanking the Rector for his kindness in conducting the 
Members over his Church, and valuable information, a start was 
made for the Court which stands on a hill, not far from the Church. 
The weather was still execrable and the condition of the 
pedestrians from the wet and dirt was not such as to justify the 
invasion of the interior of the mansion, although the lady who 
resides therein at present had offered the party all facilities for 
viewing it. It is said to contain several interesting pictures of 
the Stuart Kings and Cromwell, besides a pair of jack-boots left by 
the latter on his departure from the place after a visit. There 
has been a house here held by the Dennys family from early in 
the 15th century, and Sir Henry Billingsley, who wed the heiress 
and succeeded to the property, entertained therein, in 1613, Anne 
of Denmark, Queen of JamesI., on her route to Bath for the 
waters. The present house is of the time of Charles I., and is a 
fine mansion built mostly of Lias with a facade flanked by two 
round picturesque towers and two wings extending to the front. 
On the outer facades of the wings are the Arms of the Dennys 
family, with the Coats of the families into which they formed 
alliances by marriage. The Arms of the Dennys family were in 
heraldic diction, Gules, a bend engrailed azure between three 
leopards’ heads, Or, jessant fleurs-de-lis of the second. There are 
several members of this family buried in the neighbouring Church 
of Pucklechurch with monuments and brasses, and an emblazon- 
ment of Arms with eight quarterings is over the porch of a house 
in that village. The facade of Siston Court with its wings forms 
three sides of a quadrangle looking East, and from the drive is of 
considerable grandeur. Several later additions seem to have been 
made to the structure. The park surrounding the place is 
extensive and well timbered. After taking a walk round the 
Court and acursory glance at the park the wretched weather 
