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north front is finely adorned with pilasters and 

 columns of stone ; and above every window in each 

 front is an antique head, neatly engraved ; on the top 

 of all the fronts are statues as big as the life. The 

 saloon, when finished, is to be supported by marble 

 pillars, and painted by Bellucci, as is the great 

 staircase, which is all of marble ; most of the steps 

 are already laid, of a great length, and all of one 

 piece of marble ; this staircase leads you into the 

 apartments fronting the parterre and grand canal, 

 and consists of a suite of six noble rooms, well- 

 proportioned, finely plastered, and gilt by Pargotti ; 

 and the ceilings painted by Bellucci. From these 

 apartments you go into my lord's dressing-room and 

 library, fronting the gardens, and from thence you 

 descend by another fine pair of stairs (which I 

 cannot call back stairs, all painted by Legarr, 

 and balustraded to the top of the house with iron) 

 unto a court, which opens into the great area to the 

 east ; in which is the chapel on your right, the kitchens 

 on your left, and lower on each side the stables are 

 finely built, the bottom of the area inclosed with 

 balustrades of iron. The library is a fine spacious 

 room, curiously adorned with books, and statues in 

 wood of the Stoning of St. Stephen, said to be finest 

 of that kind of engraving in the world. The chapel 

 is incomparably neat and pretty, all finely plastered 



