PARfJAMENTAk'V SUh'M:)- ()!■■ \VI M IlLEDON . :{21 



In the height of the s;ii(l Iliglicr r>cvcl there; is one f;iir grccii Tarras. 



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 tarras or walk, very well tiirled, extending itself two hundred and 



thirty yards from Kast lo West, and containing twcMity-five fool in 



the breadth thiTcof; the Norlli side whereof is planted with Hnie 



trees of very gootl hulks, and of a very high growth, growing, both 



t()|)S, bodies, and branehes, in a most uniform and ri-gular manner ; 



the height whereof, being |)erspicu()us to the connlry round about, 



renders them a very special ornanicnt to the whole house. The 



south side of the said turfed tarras is planted with Kims, betwixt 



every one whereof grows a Cypress tree, well planted and ordered, 



much adorning and setting forth the completeness ol the tarras; 



besides which there are on either side of tlie said tarras, l)etwixt 



every tree, i)orders of box, very well ordered, adding also a 



further ornament thereunto ; which tarras and borders we value 



to be worth /, i J. 2s. 6d. 



At the east end of the said turfed tarras there stands one fair I5''i"'l^'t^t- 

 baiKjueting house, most of wood ; the model thereof containing a House, 

 fair round in the niid-lle of four angles, covered with blue slate, 

 and ridged and guttered with lead, wainscoted round Irom the 

 bottom to the roof, varnished with green within and without, 

 benched in the angles, having sixteen windows or covers of the 

 same wainscot, to open or shut at pleasure, and having also 

 sixteen half rtniuds of glass t(; enlighten the rt-om when those The 

 covers are shut up ; the floor pavi'd with j)ainte(l tile in the angles, (harden, 

 and with s(piared stone in the middle; in (;ne of which angles 

 stands a table of artificial stone very well polished ; and in every 

 of the said angles, besides the said benches, there stands one 

 wainsccjt chair. 'I'liere are to the said baiupieling house, two Tlic 

 double leaved doors, the one pair of which doors opens in the \ ^^^,^.\ 

 very middle of the said tarras, the outside thereof being gilt, with 

 several coats of arms ; tlu; other of tlu; said leaved doors opens 

 into a fair walk within the Park, jjlantcd with Kims and l.ime 

 trees, extending itself from tin; said banqueting house in a direct 

 line eastward, to the very Park \yAv. 'I'he round of the said 

 banqueting house is handsomely arched ; within wh'< h thirteen 

 heads f)r statues, gilded, stand in a ciretilai- form, adding very 

 much to the beauty of the whole room, 'i'he materials of this 

 house, the said table and chairs, we value to i)e worth ^6(i. 13s. 4d. 



At the west end ol the said turfed tarras there stands one Garden 

 other Garden or Summer house, covered with blue slate, and ""^^ 



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