PARLIAMENTARY SURVEY OF WIMBLEDON. 313 



In the heiofht of the said Hii^her Level there is one fair screen Tarras. 



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 tarras or walk, very well turfed, extending itself two hundred and 



thirty yards from East to West, and containing twenty-five foot in 



the breadth thereof ; the North side whereof is planted with lime 



trees of very good bulks, and of a very high growth, growing, both 



tops, bodies, and branches, in a most uniform and regular manner ; 



the height whereof, being perspicuous to the country round about, 



renders theni a very special ornament to the whole house. The 



south side of the said turfed tarras is planted with Elms, betwixt 



every one whereof grows a Cypress tree, well planted and ordered, 



much adorning and setting forth the completeness of the tarras ; 



besides which there are on either side of the said tarras, betwixt 



every tree, borders of box, verv well ordered, adding also a 



further ornament thereunto ; \\ hich tarras and borders we value 



to be worth /.'17. 2s. 6d. 



At the east end of the said turfed tarras there stands one fair Banquet- 

 ing 

 bantjueting house, most of wood ; the model thereof containing a House. 



fair round in the middle of four angles, covered with blue slate, 



and ridged and guttered with lead, wainscoted round from the 



bottom to the roof, varnished with green within and without, 



benched in the angles, having sixteen windows or covers of the 



same wainscot, to open or shut at pleasure, and having also 



sixteen half rounds of glass to enlighten the room when those The 



covers are shut up ; the floor paved with painted tile in the angles. Garden 



and with squared stone in the middle ; in one of which angles 



stands a table of artificial stone very well polished ; and in every 



of the said angles, besides the said benches, there stands one 



wainscot chair. There are to the said banqueting house, two The 



double leaved doors, the one pair of which doors opens in the j ^^ ?^ 



very middle of the said tarras, the outside thereof being gilt, w*ith 



several coats of arms ; the other of the said leaved doors opens 



into a fair walk withm the Park, planted with Elms and Lime 



trees, extending itself from the said banqueting house in a direct 



line eastward, to the very Park pale. The round of the said 



banqueting house is handsomely arched ; within which thirteen 



heads or statues, gilded, stand in a circular form, adding very 



much to the beauty of the whole room. The materials of this 



house, the said table and chairs, we value to be worth. £,66. ijs. 4d. 



At the west end of the said turfed tarras there stands one Garden 



other Garden or Summer house, covered with blue slate, and "°"^^- 



