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GIFFORDS HALL PAI-.F 



Is near Stoke by Nayland in Suffolk, and was built by the Mannocks. It has fifteenth century timber-work in the 

 quadrangle, and a Henry VII. gatehouse of brick. It is the property of Mr. Brlttain 37 



GODDARDS 



On Abinger Common, has been recently erected from designs by Mr. Lutyens as a Ho:ne of Rest for Ladies ... 3^1 



GREAT TANGLEY MANOR 



Near Guildford in Surrey, is a small, timber-framed Elizabethan house carefully repaired and enlarged by the late 

 Philip Webb for Mr. Wickham Flower, who laid out its beautiful gardens towards the end of the last century. After 

 his death it was purchased by Colonel E. H. Kcnnard, who resides there 57 



HATFIELD HOUSE 



In Hertfordshire, was built by Robert Cecil, first Earl of Salisbury, after he had received the estate from James I. in 

 exchange for Theobalds in 1606. It has, in all essentials, retained its original character, and belongs to his direct 

 descendant, the fourth Marquess of Salisbury ... ... ... ... il 



HOLLAND HOUSE 



In Kensington, was built by Walter Cope, who acquired the manor in 1610, and remains a fine example of the 

 Jacobean style. Henry Fox became Lord Holland and bought it in 1767. It has descended to the Earls of 

 Ilchester nj 



HUTTON-IN-THE-FOREST 



Lies north-west of Penrith in Cumberland, and was a part of the forest of Inglewood granted to the Huttons. It 

 was sold to the Fletchers under James I., who, while keeping the peel-tower, gave the house a seventeenth century 

 character. Their heiress carried it to a branch of the Vanes, whose direct descendant now owns it ; but Anthony 

 Salvin added much modern Gothic work in the nineteenth century ... ... ... ... ... ... 185 



KEEVIL MANOR 



Near Trowbridge in Wiltshire, is a typical example of a moderate sized country house of Jacobean date, and has a 

 remarkable set of old clipped yews in the garden. It is now the property of Major A. W. Hicks-Beach 175 



LAYER MARNEY TOWERS 



Lying south-west of Colchester in Essex, is the remnant of the great brick structure built by Lord Marney in 

 Henry VIII. 's time. Its fine terra-cotta details show the passage from the Gothic to the Renaissance style. Mr. dc 

 Xocte now owns it 33 



LLANGEDWYN HALL 



On the river Tanat in Denbighshire, was known as I'las Newydd when it was built under Elizabeth. It was 

 much altered under Queen Anne, when its fine terrace gardens were perfected. It passed by marriage from the 

 Vaughans to the first Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, and is now the property of Lady Williams Wynn 157 



LYME HALL 



On the Derbyshire border of Cheshire, was granted by Richard II. to Piers Legh, whose descendant, Lord Newton, 



now owns it. The present house was largely built about 1600, but was recased and enlarged by Leoni in 1726 265 



MONT ACUTE HOUSE 



Near Yeovil in Somersetshire, is an exceptionally fine example of Elizabethan architecture, complete and untouched 

 both as regards the house and the gardens. It was built by Sir Edward Phelips at the close of the sixteenth 

 century, and belongs to his descendant 89 



NEWTON FERRERS 



Near Callington in Cornwall, went from a branch of the Ferrers to the Corytons, who held it till 1739, and one of 

 the later of these must be responsible for the present house and garden architecture, constructed of granite in the 

 post- Restoration style. It is now the property of Mr. Collins 195 



ST. CATHERINE'S COURT 



In a corner of Somerset north-east of Bath, belonged to the Harringtons under Elizabeth, when it was principally 

 built. It has original hanging and terraced gardens of great beauty. It is now the property of the Hon. 

 Mrs. Paley 135 



ST. OSYTH'S PRIORY 



Near Brightlingsea in Essex, consists of a gatehouse built by Abbot Vintner a dozen years before the dissolution of 

 the monasteries, and of domestic buildings erected by Lord Darcy a dozen years after that event. It belonged to 

 lie Earls of Rochford in George III.'s time, and to Sir John Johnson now 43 



SOUTit- --WRAXALL MANOR 



Near Bradford in Wiltshire, was the late mediaeval home of the Longs, whose descendant, the Right Hon. Walter 

 Long, M.I'., owns it. A long lease granted to Mr. Richardson Cox has enabled the latter to do much careful 

 renovation of both the Gothic and the Jacobean work and to lay out gardens ... ... ... ... ... ... 15 



