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Cheveley. 



The seat of the late Lord Dover, which, for its 

 situation, gardens, and parks, vies with anything we 

 have seen abroad. 



Euston Hall. 



The seat of the Duke of Grafton, and built by the 

 late Lord Arlington, is a palace worthy of his quality, 

 with a parterre as fine as ever I saw. 



New Hall, near Witham. 



Built by Henry VIII., and called for its charming 

 situation Beau-lieu, is still worth seeing ; the avenue 

 of trees from the great road is majestic, being nearly 

 an English mile long, very broad, and the trees large 

 and regular. 



Wanstead. 



The noble seat of Sir Richard Child, with the 

 finest gardens in the world. You descend from the 

 salon into the parterre, which hath a canal in the 

 middle ; on the right a wilderness, and on the left a 

 fine green walk, which ends in a banqueting-house. 

 On one side of this green walk stands the green- 

 house, finely adorned with statues, and uncommonly 

 furnished with greens : while behind this green-house 

 are variety of high-hedged walks, affording delicious 



