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THE BATH ROAD 



formed from the river Craue. The ancient parish 

 churcli stands close by. The chief or garden front 

 of the house is curiously like one of the old-fashioned 

 houses that give so distinctive a character to Park 

 Lane, in London ; having a double-bayed front with 

 verandahs. The aspect of such a house standing in 

 the open country is weird in the extreme. 



It was the Hon. Grantley Berkeley who first drew 



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CRANFOBD HOUSE. 



attention to the " haunted " character of the house. 

 He tells, in his " Eecollections," how one night when 

 he and his brother had returned home late, they went 

 down into the kitchen in search of some supper, all 



