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LONGFORD CASTLE, 

 WILTSHIRE 



THE SEAT OF ... 



THE EARL OF RADNOR. 



, GARDENS 

 OLD-&NEW 



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SHAl I M!<>rr"\\ ni^ht. it (Vvl 



please," wrote (.r mmell, marchinc towards lk-\"ii- 

 Mure, wl., MX had hi- army, on October i6th, 



1645- The iron vldier was not N-nt. as we are. <>n 

 the pleasant business , if ulamin^ at UK- tamoi.s abode 

 and <>( lingering in its superb gardens, but on thr sterner matter 

 of bidding thi- defenders march forth under pain of tin and 

 d. He had the - n 'f arriving theri-. a> he- vud, 



iresh from the lamous forcing of BaMn^;, aiCmpli>liim! ln> 

 purpose at Longford alv>. The IH-UM- he N.IVK \\.iv yn-atK 

 ditti-rent trom that wr now hehold. It had been built niou than 

 half a century lvt"re h>- Sir Thoma* G'r^e>,and the arJutnt 

 had been the celebrated Thomas Thorpe. Thi-> "(,a-.ti, oi 

 Amphialeus," as Sidnt-> i.ilU-J it, had I een huili upon tlu- 

 triangular plan of tin- CaMU- of Oranienhaum, which T\i.h.i 

 Brain- had designed. It was an odd idea, but the good kni-ht 

 had been ox-er-pirsuaJrd hj h;> wife, Hi-lm.i SJmachen: 



lady, who oune here In the MiHi ' t>trr 



hue "'I Sw-drn. At h-r s\\n-l Ivlu-st he put hi- Ic.rtiinr 

 ground in driving piles t" supp<irt his -tnuturi-. which 

 had never lx--n r-ared hut t.i tin- d-iwnriu'ht .It feat .l tlu- 

 l>"Ds. I inn- a-horr in nXM, m-.ir hi- iiiinin.ind <! 



Hurst (la-tli-. .1 Spanish ^.illeon, ulu-iml. with wuman's wit. 

 hl.s witi N-s-eihed tile (Jueell fur the hull. It was a rei|Ue-t 



readily granted, and the silver and other tiea-un--. that > 



vli-ii\t-red I" the \\rt-ik afterwards -utliii-.l !! the huildin^ 

 of l.iiii^lord. The plan has since ht-t ii greatly . handed. It 

 came hy purchase t" the family "t the present nl>le ownei in 

 1717, and remains a splendid mansion of \er\ rein.irk.iHe 

 character, with abundant J.i-stc features, and details rich t> 

 elaboration, grafted upon the older -isle, flankt-.l by li\e noble 

 towers, and famous for it- pictures arnon^ all tlk- m.uisi< 

 Hnyland. It has the adv.mtaye ot lyiny in a very tint lountrv. 

 and ol oveiliHikm^ a noble hn^lish park, in whuh lx.-e h, oal. 



THK FOk.HAL 





