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had most generously invited the Members to lunch, the party 

 numbered seventy-eight. Here the house was thrown open, and 

 Members wandered over it as they would, luncheon was laid on the 

 lawn, and the roses on the terrace, just at their best, gave an 

 added charm to the wonderful old house. Two hours had been 

 allowed for the stay here, and the time proved none too long, for 

 the charm of the place was on all the party, and no more enjoyable 

 hours than those have been spent by the Society on any of its 

 excursions. In thanking ME. KICHAEDSON COX for his kindness 

 and hospitality, MR. W. HEWARD BELL took occasion to express 

 the opinion that a house of this kind gained enormously in interest 

 from the fact that it was again inhabited as a residence and filled 

 with beautiful and fitting furniture, and that Mr. Eichardson Cox,, 

 who had spent so much upon the place in recent years, had made 

 as few alterations in the ancient structure as it was possible for 

 anyone to make, in view of the necessities of a modern dwelling 

 house. Certain of the modern alterations, such as the bow window 

 beside the gatehouse, which had been much criticised, were not 

 due to Mr. Eichardson Cox at all. Mr. Eichardson Cox, in reply, 

 said he had been accused of ruining the house ; he left it to the 

 judgment of the Society whether he had done so or not. The 

 well-known antiquary, the Eev. J. C. Cox, LL.D., F.S.A., was to 

 have addressed the party on the architecture of the house ; he was, 

 however, prevented by domestic bereavement from being present, 

 and MR. A. W. N. BURDER, F.S.A., gave a short account of the 

 building in his place. 



JAGGARDS HOUSE was the next place on the programme, and 

 here, in the absence of MR. J. M. F. FULLER, M.P., his brother, 

 MR. R. F. FULLER, again received the Members, and MR. BURDER 

 said a few words on the history of the house, the chief attraction 

 of the interior being a panelled room with a stone mantelpiece, and 

 the initials E. K. supposed to be those of Richard Kington, and the 

 date 1657. In the grounds is a large square dovecot, with the pigeon 

 holes, 700 or 800 in number, still extending down to the ground 

 in the interior. The name " Jaggards " is said to be a corruption 

 of the family name " Jacquard." 



