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GARDENS 



ST. CATHERINE'S /- 

 COURT 

 OLD-&NEW BATH ' 



tin- rn.inv beautiful 

 houses that adorn. .inJ 

 the r.iji.ini gardens that 

 gladden, tin- County nt Some: 

 r Chirm than St. (..itlu-r ine's Court. 

 Batn. long the r< ^ the late H.<n. Mrs. Ch.uMte 



'rummoiki. Tin- church, a xerx aiuiem structure, 

 rebuilt by A H.ith. ab-.ut tin- year 14.,). 



immediately tacr. the IMUM-, which "iu<- \\.IN a ^raii^c. r n-ll 



>ith AMvy. Of tlu- sacrt-J ^lilici- rvthinu hall N- 

 hrrr, save that the quaint structure fa IN aJmiraMx intu the 

 laixlxajv mi that tx-autitul declivity ! the l>.wn. The 

 ConfifliratkM) Of the ground UIM- character rv)th to the h 

 and the garden, and the eltect IN adrnirahle. Some parts ,,t 

 the man- i-ack to pre-Retormation time>, and the 



.ver Mill note the older character >.t the side 



dmvn tin- declivity, l:\tn-mely 



picturesque is the M h- 



structure, built ti|n those varied 



levels, with its In^h jjahli 



its beautiful MindoAs, and its m.inv f.atures bespeaking the 



stvleu! Tudiir and .laiotvan times. Hie singularly beautiful 



i. with the chamber above, jates tnm the da\ 

 Charles I. There is dainty puturesqueiu-ss in the Classic 

 pillars and arch, tlv unusual niches at the an-les. and the 

 open sides with the quaint balustrades. 



llu- house at "),- tune belonged to John Hamilton, 

 the father. In his second Mite, ..I Sir John Harm-ton, 

 that witty knight whose epigrams and s.illi.-s \v,-n- the 

 amusement of the Court o| bli/.iN-th. Sir John was the 

 Queen's ^..dson. H- was knighted in Ireland ! . t . 

 her great an^er. tor she resented this exeicise ot pjwer, 





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