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form of balustrade, and on the whole the most 

 satisfactory, consisted of stone balusters with 

 moulded plinths and copings divided up by solid 

 piers. There is a good simple instance at 

 Woolley Green, near Bradford-on-Avon, and a 

 late example at Brympton, in Somersetshire. 

 At Brympton there is a broad flight of steps 



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in the centre, and two smaller flights arranged 

 at right angles to the terrace near the ends. 

 The piers have urns, with one exception, where 

 there is a sun-dial on the sides of a square die. 

 This terrace was built at the beginning of this 

 century ; its general efl^ect is very good, though 

 the detail is poor, and the balusters are crowded 

 and too short. There is an excellent piece of 



