GLEANINGS ON GARDENS. 37 



Lewes 



is the most romantic situation I ever saw ; it con- 

 sists of six parishes, in which gentlemen's seats, adjoin- 

 ing one another, with their gardens up hill and down 

 hill, compose the town. 



Chichester. 



The Earl of Scarbrough's seat, at some miles 

 distance, is une veritable bijoux ; the large avenue, a 

 view cut through a wood, the stables, the gardens, and 

 every thing else, are nobly disposed. 



Carshalton, 



where I visited the fine gardens of Sir W. 

 Scawen. 



Epsom. 



There are several very good seats in and about 

 Epsom. That of Lord Guilford, called Durdans, at 

 the extremity of the village, was built by the Earl of 

 Barclay out of the materials of Nonsuch, a royal palace 

 in this neighbourhood, built by Henry VIII., and 

 given by King Charles II. to the Duchess of Cleve- 

 land, who pulled it down and sold the materials. This 

 house of Durdans is built a-la-moderne of free-stone ; 

 the front to the garden, and that to the Downs, are 



