142 SIK HARBOTTLE GRIMSTONE. 



interesting residence, which I believe was 

 built somewhere about the middle of the 

 last century. The magnificent portico is 

 supported by eight lofty and substantial 

 pillars, with Corinthian capitals, and the 

 elevation is in a similar style of archi- 

 tecture; the rooms are good though not 

 spacious, and were replete with every 

 comfort, and furnished in a fashion suit- 

 able to the dignity of its noble and 

 esteemed owner. It did not contain any 

 extraordinary work of art, and the paint- 

 ings consisted chiefly of family portraits, 

 by Vandyke, Sir Peter Lely, Sir God- 

 frey Kneller, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and 

 other esteemed artists. A picture that at- 

 tracted much of my attention was a like- 

 ness of one of his lordship's celebrated an- 

 cestors, Sir Harbottle Grimstone, who was 

 closely allied to the five members de- 

 manded by Charles the First, when he 

 went down to the House of Commons 



