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interior — the house wae built in 1586 by Sir Edward Penruddocke 

 — retains many of its ancient features, and is filled with a rich 

 assemblage of family portraits of the Penruddocke family, fine old 

 furniture, both Jacobean and Chippendale, and other objects of 

 interest, amongst them IJlack Jacks, 17th century armour, and a 

 straw helmet worn by the keepers of Cranborne Chase. Among 

 other birds killed on the estate and preserved here, is a specimen 

 of the very rare Orange-Legged Hobby, of which Mr. Smith records 

 only the specimen at Bulbridge House as having occurred in 

 Wiltshire. The dining-room is especially fine, panelled and 

 adorned as it is with carvings of fruit and foliage by Grinling 

 Gibbons, whilst the drawing-room has a good Adams ceiling. 

 There are, indeed, few houses of the same size in the county with 

 so much of interest within their walls. 



After a hasty glance at the CHUECH OF COMPTON CHAMBER- 

 LAYNE, the carriages resumed their journey through an interesting 

 country witli the chalk downs crowned by Chiselbury and Buxbury 

 Camps on the left, and the richly wooded Greensand ridges on the 

 right, past Cribbage Hut (in Sutton Mandeville), the traditional 

 headquarters of a Cribbage Club of old days, to ANSTY, where the 

 little Church was visited, for the sake of the fine old 17th century 

 bench ends, which once formed part of the woodwork of Salisbury 

 Cathedral, but were cast out by the restorers many years ago. 

 They are really fine work, and it is a thing to be thankful for that 

 they found a home here within the county. The altar-table, also, 

 is a good Jacobean specimen. Here, as throughout the day, the 

 success of the excursion suffered from the fact that MR. DORAN 

 WEBB, who had undertaken to act as showman and guide to all 

 the places visited, was prevented from being present at the last 

 moment, and that no one was available to fill his place. From 

 this point a drive through lovely woods with beautiful views here 

 and there brought the Members to OLD WARDOUR CASTLE, 

 where a too hasty visit to the picturesque ruins was all that time 

 allowed of before the party proceeded to the modern mansion, 

 where the fine staircase, the chapel, and two of the rooms were 

 seen, light refreshments being kindly provided by order of Lord 



