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CRANBORNE MANOR HOUSE. 



DORSET. 



MARQUESS OF SALISBURY. K.G 



old market t nvn 

 of Cranborne in 

 Dorsetshire, which 

 ibout ten miles north from Wimbome, and kn iwnture.i 

 or ficton Ch.isetown" -t " I<-^ot th D'Urhervilles." 

 the inn ther.- he in;; spoken of in 111..- novel .is the " Fleur du 

 Lace," derived all its ancient im or t a nee from the nei^hbnir- 

 hood of Cranb;>me Chase. th.it e\te..sive ti.ut ft .indent 

 which included pan- f D rs :. Hants, anJ Wilts. Cr.in 1 

 is no*- more particularly J stin^u.sheJ in the possession of the 

 marvellously beautiful manor hou^e wl.ich we depict. Of all 

 the splenJij house> appearing in these pi^-s, thou;',h s une 

 may be more maje*t;c and ma ',n;ficent. there are very lew 

 that ca i rival, in their sweet Jurm of architec ure and 

 surroondinjs, t is old Dorsetshire dwelling-place The hmi>e 

 stands a little to the wot of the ch.ircli, and tvl-m^-. to tlie 



Marquess of Salisbury, 



care it has ; 

 I. It appears to ! .i 

 b en Kiilt ordinal y in the tutu- of Henry VIII , though there 

 may even be earlier Ir.i^m nt-. in the and it 



ceitanlv hi tiler embellish ' by KoVrt Cecil, the ^r t 1 

 Treasurer in the time ot James I . w'.i was create.! in if> >j 

 \ unt Cranborne from tl.is 1 >.> r -eishir.- p >ssesMon, and, 

 in the following year, Earl of Saiis'.-my. 



The Jacobean puches on t e north and so.ith belong to 

 his time, anl have been attributed t<> Ini^o Jones. We \\.ll 



iver that they were really designed by him. though n is 

 well known tint he worked at Wilton in th next ^o.mty ; bu', 

 \sluther they were his creati'-n or i ot. u ho shall say thar 

 they are n-t in every way \\orth> ! Ins In d ? T" the ;! iv 

 of the early mulli -n-.-J win 'ows, embiflernents, a id pinn 



A GRASS WALK. 



