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HOLME LACY, 

 HEREFORD, . . 



THE SEAT OF ... 



The Earl of Chesterfield. 



GARDENS 

 OLD-&NEW 



THliKH are in.iny Iv.uitiful s /.it- in the rom.ritic v.ill -v 

 ol tin- Wye, and ammi^ them stands H line I 

 in a tine situation, surveying a glorious pp.sp.-ct ..t 

 lull and \\-<>-\\, ah >nt tour in li-s south-east "I Hereford. 

 It is a very lovely country, famous lor many ih.iMiis, 

 and hard to surpass for it> prox|v,.ts ol th.- tai -winding 

 un. The landscape. C'>mpM-J of lulls ID endless variety, 

 :>.:nu to tlu- glorious river, is rich in Us luv.i'ian.v. and 

 full of English charm. 



Here, centuries a^>, the treat lamily of ScuJam -re 

 held sway, the lands by the Wve cvmin<: to it through a 





A STUDY OF YfcWS. 



marriage with tlu- h-.-iress of De I >cy. Kni-ht< and s.| . 

 men famous in the court and the field, \\rie thi-v. and :i 

 them, Sir Jam.-s, \v as a patron >t hdinund S|\-n.er. and tlie 

 type "t "Sir Scudamore" in the " l : .u-rv (.linen." Hi- S.,D. 

 who uas .it one time am!\isN.idor in Kraiue, h< ..mi ! a Uatonet 

 in I6JO, and U.IN vieate.l Visc.-unt Scudanvre and Baron 

 hromore in 1628. 



Holme l.acy w.is the principal s^.u <( the lamily. and 



the present house was largely huilt hy the third an I last 



ant, the friend of I'ope. who died in i;ifi. and whose 



daughter and heiress married, as her second InisKind. 



Col iiiel Kit/roy, who assumed 

 the name >! Snidam> r.-. I heir 

 onlv daughter was the wife 



of ( Ih.lfles, eleventh I Hike ii| 

 N :lolk, hut she died Juld <-ss 

 in iSj<), and Holnu- l.a.v 

 de\o|\ed upon Captain x 



.yn Stanhope. Hut.. K.Y. 

 whose s. HI succeeded m i.HX? 

 .is ninth hail ol Chest.-ilield. 

 The h":;se Is he.iut.tul 111 Its 



simpluiiy.and has a clMimin^ 

 outlook on each ol its three 

 tionts. Within, it has smne 

 splendid apirtmiiits, notahls- 

 the s .1 1 oo n . with in u c h 

 wonderful cars in^ o\er the 

 Chimney-piece from the chisel 

 of (iihlxns, w Imse v\ oik exists 

 also in other pait- of the 

 house. 



The charaiti-: .,| tlir , 

 charming gardens at Holme 

 I i> y will he dis^c !ii d II the 

 accompaii) in^ putures. In 

 \ e r \ lew p I a i e s are 

 various stvli-s N.. s.it 

 torily Mended and contra- 1 

 and, as is usu.il wln-ii < ttri is 

 are pit-asm,:, tlu- m. it. rials 

 emplo\ed are simple and 

 UOIK!. Th' 



from the park K-vond a I- 

 lawn rising Irorn the lakeside. 

 amid a wealth of M 

 everything enhancing tlie 

 .Ite.t. It is a happy liamm^ 

 .reerury tor the stnuture, 

 which is cast m a plain hall- 

 t lassie style, with advancing 

 hays, a lo;ij; halustrade. 

 Charactenst and the 



union ot mansion, park, and 

 pleasure i:rmnds is i-\ L ellent 

 m ch ifer the 



h o U s e w e have t h e 

 well kqt -ardtiis, ot which 

 that on the south side, is 





