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GARDENS 

 OLD-&NEW 



GREAT TANGLEY MANOR 



SURREY 



THE RESIDENCE OF . . 



MR. WiCKHAM FLOWER 



GREAT TANGLEY MANOR HOUSE, lying about 

 three miles south-east of Guildford, and a mile 

 away from the high road thence by Wonersh to 

 Cranleigh, is a triumph of art, and a very notable 

 example of garden construction. It should appeal 

 to Englishmen by its truly English picturesqueness and beauty, 

 by its delightful gardens, and, as the writer trusts, because it 

 is a goodly mansion recovered from decay, restored to its 

 ancient state from the lowly condition of a rustic farmhouse, 

 and brought to the condition in which we see it by the 

 exercise of taste and skill, and by the care of its owner's hand. 

 It was no small achievement to regenerate Great Tangley 

 Manor from its recent uses, and to replace its surroundings of 



kitchen gardens, stables, cow-sheds, piggeries, and barns by 

 the beautiful and wholly appropriate pleasure grounds which 

 now adorn it. Here, we think, is a notable work in the 

 domain of country life. Wherever we go we meet, with a 

 frequency that begets indifference, such evidences of decay 

 in the shires deserted mansions, ruined gateways, weed- 

 grown moats, and other marks of the changed conditions cf 

 modern times that it is a real pleasure to find an old manor 

 house that has been recovered from obscurity. 



May the example of Mr. Wickham Flower be the inspira- 

 tion of many. England is full even now of the dwelling- 

 places of former times, wherein the rustic housewife kindles 

 her fire on the hearth of the forgotten lord. Something there 



Copyright. 



THF AUVOR HOUSE AND ITS ADORNMENTS. 



"Country Lijc." 



