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GRIMSTON PARK. 



YORKSHIRE. . . . 



THL SEAT 



MRS. THOMAS FIELDEN. 



N a very interesting pait t 

 Yorkshire, within a mile and 

 a-halt of the ancient town 

 of Tadcister. where the R >man station t Calcana commanded 

 the chief and lowest passage "t the Wharfe, and where the 

 second, fifth, and eighth "it. -s,-d the river on their 



way to York, and wiMm a short distance also of t imous Tow ton 

 I, stands this very .h.ir.uteriMi. and attractive c .INMC 

 mansion, which the late Mr. John Fielden bniglr. with all its 

 domain and its superb garden, from the tarl of LotvL-sb >rou^h, 

 for the sum of ,240.000. The country thereabout is very 

 interesting, for you breathe history when you live there, 

 although it is not in itself strikingly picture ^ue. Yet it has 

 in it much of the rural beauty of England, it not the rare 

 charm that is found in many parts of Yorkshire, and the ! 

 stream of the Whirfe which bounds Gnimion Park on the 

 north-east is ever an attraction, while the neighbourh<vxl is 



pleasantly varied and well wooded, with a deep and 

 fruitful -oil. 



There was an old house here, tlu- popi-it\ 

 II A, KM. who. in the year 1840. r-st..:.-d .n,d r 



lied it. with the help oi It- H .irtoii. the well-know n 



architect. The stone was obtained ti":n the Ta.Last, r beds, 

 this beinu a district f.im ms tor its s:.i ;) e. Indeed, from the 

 nei^hfxiuring quarries near Ha/el -vooj Mall the maternls i 

 great part "I York Minster were "'.'tamed thrmuh the ancient 

 family of Vavasour, and it was doubtl.-ss from ti.e in i-n.-sian 

 limestone o| the district that the Romans built the striKtiire^ 

 o! aiuient Calciria. 



The classic grace <>t the house of Grimston, with its Ion- 

 Ionic portico {la, and the verandah ahove. giving 



tion from the southern sun, suj-ests .1 spirit dn 

 from southern climes, \et very welc.mn- in these. It 

 perfectly >" piece of domestic architecture in the 



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