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Many are the monuments erected to the 

 honour of livhig and departed worth, but 

 there are very few which speak more elo- 

 quently in behalf of foxhunting than one 

 which adorns the county of Warwick ; and 

 that, curiously enough, conveys an unusual 

 character, for it is an erection commemorative 

 of the generous feelings actuating those who 

 materially assisted in its construction without 

 a particle of egotistic pretensions, the meri- 

 torious act emanating entirely from the good 

 purpose the edifice was intended to possess. 

 This refers to the stables and kennels erected 

 at Kineton. In the year 1839, when Mr. 

 Barnard assumed the mastership, they were 

 built on land, the gift of Mr. George Lucy, 

 of Charlecote Park, and the design was made 

 by his brother-in-law, Mr. Hugh Williams, 

 without the assistance of any professional 

 architect. The buildings consist of two houses, 

 one for the huntsman and the other for the 

 stud-groom ; sleeping-rooms over the stables 

 for the helpers, and a mess-room for their 

 accommodation. There are ten loose boxes, 

 three three-stall stables, and a bail stable 

 capable of being converted into loose boxes. 

 The kennels consist of three principal lodging- 



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