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BROME HALL, 



NORFOLK, . 



THE SEAT OP . 



LADY BATEMAN. 



GARDENS 

 OLD-&NEW 



"Mil-; counties t .v-rfoiu 

 and Suffolk arc rich in 

 country seats .inJ 

 and Br.ime H.ill is one ..I them, with t.imus 

 unchain fur it-> ni-i^hh >ur. It was lon^ tin- sr.it l the 

 1 His family, and the cradle of tlie race which u-'^' '" 



tlii- tountry many public servants, anJ amn^ tin-in the 

 us Marquis Cornw.illis and the Admiral who slured with 

 N i in the final I'.mpressjun of the French. 



The house itselt is picturesque anJ i -d, though modern, 



and preserving only a fia^au-nt of the older mansion, which 



have been built bv Sir Thomas C inuv.illis, wh-i 



died in 1590. Bronu- has the picturesque attiactmn of i-nriched 



:id emb.ittk-nu-nts. ^>d windows, and b >ld y-in.i-.^ed 



te.itures, but it des not rival v>me of the ^reat architectural 



of bast An^lia. The Cornwallis title ivcame extinct 



in 1823, and Brome subsequently passed t<> Sir tJward 



.^ o| tin- 



Clart-nce kt-riison, l.ady Hate- 



man's l.itlur, \\lii died in 



|886. In his lilt-tune much 

 \v.is dune t'> improve and K-auti!y the siitro 

 house. and tlk- special (.hai.uter ol variety and lormality 

 in the ^ard.-ns has thus (veil imp.uted vvitlun (.ompaiat. 

 reient years. 



To mans the surroundings u| the Hall may vein more 

 attractive than it-clr, for hen- are all the marks ..( an 

 aiKient d.-main which lias Iven trea-uteJ In -ive 



It is approached by a magnificent aveiu: 

 oaks, kindly tiei-s u\ vi-oroas ^r.. wth, sturdy strength, and 

 noble as|vct. The whole country is well timbered with 

 old woodland and many plantations, and the park is 

 extensive, with line groups of trees, bio.U open stritJies 

 of turt, and coverts well stocked with ame. 



I he tlower gardens are about t. -n a.ies in extent, 





BOX-EDGbD PARIEUkES. 



