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Recent Wiltshire Books, Articles, Ke. 
; Lake House, near Amesbury: an Account of its 
Sustentation and Repair by Mr. Detmar Blow 
with the Counsel of Mr. Philip Webb. Written 
by G. Ll. Morris. The Architectural Review, March, 1899, 
pp. 171—179. p 
This is an important paper describing the recent works of repair—not 
“yestoration”’—at Lake House, which have been most carefully carried out. 
Broken mullions and transoms have been mended with copper dowels set with 
hot sulphur, instead of being replaced by new stones—and the walls have 
been built up and strengthened from within, thus retaining the original 
outer face without disturbance or renewal. The writer claims that the work 
is a notable object lesson as to what can be done in this way without the 
renewal or re-building of,ancient surfaces. The building was in an exceedingly 
bad state, and it is indeed a matter for satisfaction that it has fallen into the 
hands of an owner like Mr. Lovibond, who has dealt so tenderly with it. 
The illustrations are reproductions from photographs—an excellent full- 
page View of the Front of the House—another view from the side, showing 
the scaffolding—The House in 1807, from a Drawing—A Reproduction of 
an Older Drawing, showing the Forecourt—also a Rough Sketch of 1752, 
showing Forecourt and Terraces—and a number of details of the work of 
repair—Bay Window before Repair—Example of Walling before Repair— 
New Work and Old Work cut into—Cavity showing Back of Stone and Flint 
Facing—Repaired Bow Window—Concrete Arch and Cambered Tile Lintel 
—Shores and Mended Transom. 
iltshire Notes and Queries, No. 24, Dec., 1898. 
Mrs. Light continues her “Notes on Great Somerford,” accompanied by a 
nice drawing of “The Mount,” the old Manor House. Several wills, leases, 
&e., connected with the property are given in full. Further instalments of 
the Records available for the History of Bratton, of the “Calendar of Feet 
of Fines for Wiltshire,” and of the Quaker Marriage Records come next, 
with a long note on the English ancestry of the families of Batt and Byley, 
lately worked out by an American genealogist. Mr. Kite contributes a note 
on Baptismal Entries of the Seymour family in the Rollestone Registers, 
illustrated by a drawing of the Seymour arms. Another note suggests that 
' Chippenham’s claim to be the birthplace of the Sectary Lodowick Muggleton 
is disputed by the parish of St. Botolph’s, Bishopsgate, London. The 
most interesting item, however, is the further note on the very curious, 
if not in some respects unique document, “The Stoks of Seen’ Churche,” 
printed in a former number. The “Stoks” were sums of money, thirty-one 
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