Ill I 



GARDENS 

 OLD-&NEW 



THE HALL, . . 



BRADFORD-ON-AVON, 



THE SEAT OP ... 



MR. JOHN MOULTON. 



II f t ill s-arpri .in" tint tlit> exquisite evimple of 



tv-.il) aulmeiture deputed ID tli' s should 



have heen h.-.eii as the nvxlrl fur the British Pavilion 

 at tin- Pans i:\hihition t>t icjoo. The H.ill. Bradi.. r d- 

 on- Avon, is, indeed, niu- nl tin- i;ems ot nur do.itestic 

 :.-. In richness, v.iin-ty. ;inJ originality "t t.e.ituient 

 . .!. I Inn- is in its features tin- expression 

 i.l tli.it new love ! hie. and the things th.it lid- could m\e, 

 tli.it flashed throu-h tin- world in the ^n-.it :.nJ ui-iivlc-r- 

 \v<nl;in^ age. I or ^,x,.| ,,r ill, nu-n luJ turm-J tlu-ir t-.uUs 

 upon all th.it \\.is .isii-tu- .uul M-ven- in t'u- t.-muT tinu-, and 

 rl> p . in the li^lit "t a new MIII. tin- pr.i.nise 

 larger .i^e. Hr.iJf<irJ-nn-Av<in. where this wnnJer i.| 

 .irJuteiture st.inJs. is a pl.uv "t historic interests, and still 

 Iv.irs the fvuleiu'es "I many clun^in^ times. H\ strange 

 lence, it met a stronger rual in the linger Hi.iliurJ in 

 Yorkshire, which captured its i!..thm^ trade. In huth pl.u.s 



tlk? hllsy souiiv) i ( tlie slniltle speeding thmiiyli the h'in 

 invaded the si eiit cliamlvrs where lute and virginal ha I made 

 music in Hie years tvlure. and in iiviny an aiKieiit h-msc amid 



the lulls lias the writer -i-en the l\-anis nf did hand-l 

 h.in^m^ still. 



I his sinful. irlv .iitt.K-tive mansimi \v a . huilt t'y .1 nu-mtv-r 

 I tli family >! 1 1 ill. nJi J.'thu-is ,,| Hi.iJt.ird. hut theev.ut 

 date "t its eie. ti.i.) Ills nut Iven determined, tliou^li we d<> m>t 

 d"iuhttliat It helon^s to the rei^n n| Junes I. (>iueit was 

 known as Kingston House, hut earlier still had Ix-i n styled 

 the Hall, a name which was rest .re.l t it hy the present 

 owner, Mr. John Moulton, in |S)4. The mansion deiive.l 

 its second name from the IVrrepomts. I hikes ,.( Kingston, 

 uho tomieily owned it. Some authorities h.i-. e -un: 

 that it was erected hy that famous John of I'aJua who was 

 en,M-ed upon the work at l.on^leat. and it is recorded that 

 the celebrated John Aubrey, in the year |6S6. i t > 



I' "the hest house tor the quality .t a gentleman in 



Wiltshire." 



Kingston House has seen many chan-es, hut it is most 

 famous or, we nii^ht say, notorious troin the l.ut that the 

 hi^amist huvhess nt Kingston . casion.illy resi.led within its 

 walls, and still the Country-folk tell of her ecientru 



Tilt 



^h AND ILOWtM BOHDSR. 



