'BARLBOROUGH H^LL. 



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the 



\hed habitat 



tlie ip.runient, h.ne 



bl .tied a tar N 



k. It i- a- il t .e ha 

 the twentieth Centiuv were 

 at the Ion;;- 



ed gate ot the sixteenth, 

 and long may its mtiusion by 

 the stout w aider be repelled. 

 ,v at the feature 



. e tri'iitag' 



ndei fully varied they 



how interesting in cha- 



structural 



element of the house. You 



it well belie\e that the 



I would open, and that 



the peo; U1 earlier da\ 



might still descend into their 



nichanged is 



nar.uter and sountouched 



the clurm. The entrance is 



remarkable, with 



arched door, tl.e double 



classical pillars that flank it, 



the shield of aims above, and 



the triglyphs in the cornice 



>\er it, the shield and the beautiful window still higher, and 

 then the ornamental cresting, and fie third shield, all consti- 

 tuting a very striking and characteiiMi. centre-piece tor th. 

 structure. Nor shall wv find in many places anythiii. 

 notable as the great bays with th.ir rninv mullmned and 

 t ransomed windows rising to the turrets above. The ettev t 

 ideed, extremely fine, and quite characteristic, and, in 

 combination with the many other windiws ot the fac, i le and 

 the lofty and imposing character of tl.e whole structure, is 

 extremely grand. The details, t i, are very good. as. for 

 example, in the heads which are t-mnd in lunettes m the 

 , and carvings in many other parts ,.[ the mansion. 

 The architect.ir.il character, moreover, is carried out in the 





THE (JAIIWAY 



. 



surroundings, .is in the eiulo-i..^ wall nf llu- fore^nut, and 

 the " lion spring," in the western i->uit, which is c)uamtiiesN 

 emtilied and makes a remarkable ...':iip..Mtion with the old 

 structure bfhind. The excellent iron ^ates Iv-tAeen the 

 pillars, the iron lampholder, and many nther teatures extern. il 

 to the house itself, are m .st altr.utiw and a!Chite.turally 

 \aluable. The stone steps on the south front le.id down into 

 thepriiuip.il garden, to which is an appmuh b.-tween st..ne 

 pillars at either en I, although t:ie clue) enti.nue is M.. longer 



oil that sije of the lluse. Keautttul ('III air. I lilie> o| yews, 

 with tall flowers in clumps and b-.nders, are the !eatun-s ' 

 and the garden is ein-losed by a I .w st'ine wall o| plain but 

 eueller.t character. Outside lie the p.irk and other 







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