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STATISTICS OF GARDENING. 



Part IV. 



7575. The following axe first-rate residences : 



X Chatsrvorth, near Bakewell ; Puke of Devonshire. The 

 most celebrated seat in Derbyshire. The palace is an immense 

 quadrangle in the Grecian style; the park lies sloping to the 

 river Derwent, and is nine miles in circumference ; it is much 

 diversified with hill and dale, and plantations. The pleasure 

 grounds are in the ancient taste, and contain the best artificial 

 water-works in England. 



X Haddon Hall, near Bakewell; Duke of Rutland. One 

 of the most complete baronial residences now remaining, and 

 though not inhabited, kept in good tep^r. The extent of the 

 buildine. an-i ths number of apartments and offices, are cal- 

 culated Tor the display of a very extended hospitality; the hall, 

 or great public dining-room, is particularly admired. The 

 park was ploughed up many years ago ; the terrace-gardens 



remain, and consist of terraces ranged one above another, each 

 having a stone balustrade. 



X Hardwick Hall, near Normanton ; Duke of Devonshire. 

 The house is of stone, and built by Elizabeth Countess of 

 Shrewsbury, whose passion for building is well known : it is 

 also celebrated as having been the place of confinement of 

 Mary Queen of Scots. The park abounds in fine old oaks, 

 and contains the ruin of a former castle, in which is a room 

 noted for the justness of its proportions, and said by Kennet, 

 to have been thought a fit pattern of measure and contrivance 

 of a room at Blenheim. 



X Keddleston, near Derby ; Lord Scarsdale. The house is 

 a Grecian pile by Adams, and one of the handsomest in Eng- 

 land. The park is five miles in circumference ; it contains a 

 fine sheet of water, with cascades and islands, and a venerable 

 grove of oaks. 



7576. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. A surface of 495,360 acres ; gently varied, fertile, dry, and healthy, 

 containing the remains of the extensive forest of Sherwood. There are good nurseries, and also some 

 market-gardens and orchards at Retford and Nottingham, and tree-seeds are collected about Worksop 

 and other places. 



Alston Grove, near Nottingham ; Sir G. Clifton, Bart. The 

 approach to the house, through an avenue a mile in length, 

 covered with turf, and broad enough for a dozen carriages to 

 drive abreast. The gardens on the side of a hill originally in 

 the ancient taste, but lately remodelled. 



Clifton Hall, near Nottingham ; Sir G. Clifton. Pleasantly 

 situated on the Trent, and deeply embosomed in groves of oak 

 and elm. 



Colwick Hall, near Nottingham ; Musters, Esq. A 



house by Carr, in a bottom, but backed by rising hills, well 

 wooded, and surrounded by neat pleasure-grounds. 



X Clumber Park, near Worksop ; Duke of Newcastle. A 

 large house: the park containing 4000 acres, and eleven miles 

 in circumference, abounds in plantations, picturesque irregu- 

 larities, a large piece of water, and a highly enriched bridge. 

 Near the house, however, it is dull and flat. 



Kirklington Hall, near Southwell ; Mrs. Whetham. A 

 large edifice, with an undulating lawn, descending to an um- 

 brageous piece of water, surrounded by easy swells . 



Nettleworth, near Mansfield ; embosomed in wooded hills, 

 among which two brooks have been expanded by art into irre- 

 gular lakes. 



X Nervstead Abbey, near Mansfield ; Toildman. The 



building, and such of the grounds as have been purchased by 

 this gentleman, are undergoing improvements : but the place 

 is chiefly remarkable as having been the scene of i 



i of improvements 

 of Lord" Byron, grandfather to the present lord. When in its 

 splendor, the house was situated in a vale, in the midst of an 

 extensive park finely planted, with a winding lake flowing 

 almost up to the house, with two cannons on the banks, a 

 Gothic prospect house, a fine arch, &c. The gardens con- 

 tained an ancient Gothic green-house, leading to a flower- 

 garden, formed on what was once the burying-ground of the 

 church, in which is a large circular vault, with a pedestal of 

 white marble, and inscription in memory of the Newfoundland 

 dog buried below. 



7577. LINCOLNSHIRE. A surface of 1,783,680 acres ; great part on the sea-shore, flat and fenny; 

 the wolds, which occupy the north-east, as the word (Saxon) imports, are hilly and void of wood. The 

 London seedsmen receive hemp, turnip, rape, and mustard seed, from this county; and sell there large 

 quantities of parsley-seed, which the farmers sow with their clovers, as a preventive to the rot in sheep. 

 Some garden-seeds for the supply of the Yorkshire seedsmen are grown in the Isle. 



Ossington Hall, near Laseton ; J. Dennison, Esq. The 

 house unites elegance and comfort; the pleasure-grounds 

 agreeably laid out, and the park extensive. 



' Osterton House, near Retford ; Folijambe, Esq. An 



elegant modern seat, surrounded by thriving woods and 

 verdant glades, and watered by a rivulet, which expands to 

 a lake. 



Staunton, near Newark; Stanton, Esq. A noble 



mansion and gardens and pleasure-grounds, beautiful and 

 extensive 



Trumpi- t Hall, near Barton; J. W. Emmerton, Esq. A 

 mansion L the style of James I. ; the gardens neat and agree, 

 able, and he surrounding scenery picturesque. 



X Thot^sby Park, near Worksop; Earl Manvers. A com- 

 fortable house, in a low situation, well backed with rising 

 ground, thickly planted, and forming part of the park, which 

 is thirteen miles round, and contains some fine pieces of water. 

 The gardens were in part constructed in the French style, by 

 the late Duchess of Kingston. 



X Welbeck Abbey, near Worksop ; Duke of Portland. A 

 handsome lake by H. Kenton : the kitchen-garden celebrated 

 in the time of Speechly, but for many years neglected. The 

 park, being part of the forest of Sherwood, abounds in old oaks, 

 and contains numerous young plantations of oak, sheltered by 

 birch, sown or planted by Speechly. 



X Wodaton Hall, near IS ottingham ; Lord Middleton. 

 A square structure, with towers at the angles, and an ele- 

 vated prospect-room in the centre, executed" by John Thorpe, 

 in Queen Elizabeth's time. It is approached by a winding 

 avenue of lime-trees, nearly a mile in length. The park is ex- 

 tensive ; the kitchen-garden well managed ; the gooseberries 

 grown in pots, and sent to table in that state. 



Winthorpe Hall, near Muskham ; R. Pocklington, Esq. 

 An elegant building with plantations, and grounds very ex- 

 tensive. 



Burwell Park, near Burwell ; B. Lester, Esq. A hand- 

 some mansion, in a commanding situation, surrounded 

 by a park, abounding in timber. Dr. Matthew Lester, great 

 grandfather of the present owner, was physician to Charles I., 

 and is mentioned by Parkinson as one of his patrons in 

 botany. 



Coleby Hall, near Lincoln; General Bertie. A fine old 

 house, with modern additions, and surrounded by thriving 

 plantations. 



Grimsthorpe Castle, near Edinham ; Duke of Ancaster. An 

 irregular pile, chiefly by Vanburgh, on a beautifully undulated 

 lawn, descending to two lakes, comprising about 100 acres, 

 beyond which is a rising ground covered with trees. The park 

 is one of the most extensive in the kingdom; there are three 

 ridings in it, each four miles, in a straight line and in different 

 directions. There are some rough forest fcenery and great 

 extent of rich pasture, and if the vale below had been floated 

 as was intended, there would have existed here one of the 

 most magnificent pieces of artificial water next to Blenheim . 



Panton House, near Wray ley; E.Turner, Esq. A house 

 by Hawksmoor, a pupil of Sir John Vanburgh, afterwards 

 enlarged by Carr of York: the park much improved by 

 plantations. 



7578. The following are first-rate residences : 



X Belvoir Castle, near Belvoir ; Duke of Rutland. A 

 magnificent castellated structure, on the summit of a conical 

 hill, rebuilt from the design of H. Wyatt ; commanding views 

 over several counties. The park, of great extent, containing a 

 very complete dog-kennel, and the gardens good. 



X Burleigh, near Stamford; Marquis of Exeter. One of 

 the most splendid old houses and spacious parks in the king- 

 dom ; the house in the Eli/.abethean style ; the park modern- 

 ised by Brown, who formed a handsome expanse of water, and 

 removed many terraces at the house to form a lawn. A 

 copious account of this place, with views, has been published 

 by Mr. Drakard, of Stamford. 



7579. RUTLANDSHIRE A surface of 123,000 acres; varied, but composed chiefly of fertile 

 valleys. 



X Burley-on-the-hill, near Oakham ; Earl Winchelsea. 

 The house, a magnificent structure, ranking with Burleigh, 

 Belvoir, Castle Howard, and similar edifices. It was built 

 after the Reformation, by the Earl of Nottingham, in the 

 Doric style. The park contains 10S5 acres, abounding in 

 large oaks, and all kinds of forest-trees ; the lawn is ex- 

 tensive, and contains a curious grotto, and other decorations. 

 The entrance-front of the house has a court-yaid, separated 

 from the road by a superb iron-railing; and on the garden- 

 front is a terrace- walk, 300 yards in length, and 12 broad. i 



7580. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. A surface of 617,000 acres; fenny towards the north-east; but, in 

 general, elevated, varied, and abounding in country-seats. There are some nurseries ; and Cornfield, a 

 florist at Northampton, is considered one of the first growers of the carnation ; and in the market-gardens 

 onions are grown to great perfection. 



F.rton Hall, near Stratton ; Noel, Esq. A grand 



Elizabethean edifice, with a park of 1510 acres, planted in 

 the ancient style, by London and AVise: the gardens have 

 long been famous, and the water and cascades much ad- 

 mired. 



Normanton House, near Normanton ; Sir G. Heathcote. 

 An irregular modem mansion ; a well planted park of 400 

 acres ; and gardens neatly laid out. 



near Brington ; Earl Spencer. A large pile, 

 large masses of wood, 



X Althorpe, 

 dated 1688, in a park distinguished by 

 and considerable inequality of surface. 



X Castle Asliby, near Ashby ; Earl Northampton. A 

 large pile, by In'igo Jones, on a gentle eminence, in a park 

 containing a large lake, by Brown. 



X Cranford Bridge, near Cranford ; Sir G.Robinson. A. 

 modern house, surrounded by an extensive lawn and pleasure- 

 grounds. 



Deene Thorpe Park, near Deene; Earl of Cardigan. A 

 low embattled structure, with a turret terminating each wing; 



the grounds beautifully varied, well wooded, with a fine piece 

 of water, an island, and various ornamental buildings. 



Pawsley House, near Fawsley ; Knight, Esq. A motley 



building of different ages ; the park, a fine improved demesne, 

 abounding with forest scenery and water. 



Kelmarsh, near Kelmarsh ; W. Hanbury, Esq. A large 

 mansion, with pleasure-grounds pleasingly diversified with the 

 contrasted positions of wood and water. 



Rushton Hall, near Rothwcll ; A very 



tastefully disposed seat, by the late possessor the Hon. \\'. 

 Cockayne. 



