130 The Forty-Seventh General Meeting. 



and dispensed tea to the considerable company, to many of 

 whom, no doubt the fact that GRITTLETON was on the programme 

 was the special attraction of this day's excursion. For though the 

 house is, from an architectural and archaeological point of view, 

 quite without interest, yet it contains many treasures well worth 

 the seeing. Much modern statuary, some fine cabinets, &c, and a 

 large gallery of pictures, of which the best, a Romney, Constable's 

 " Dedham Yale," a Frans Hals, a Gainsborough, and others of 

 the Dutch school, are of first-class interest and importance. 



Leaving Grittleton the Members drove to HULLAVINGTON 

 CHURCH, where Mr. Brakspear again acted as guide. The 

 Church has suffered a good deal from re-building, but there is 

 much of interest still remaining. Mr. Brak spear's notes on this 

 and the other Churches described by him during the Meeting will 

 appear in the Magazine later on. The fine piece of late 15th 

 century embroidery, now preserved in a glazed frame at the 

 vicarage, which was recently described in the Magazine, 1 was shown 

 by the Yicar, and then the Secretary's horn sounding inexorably 

 the Members had to hurry away in order to keep up to time. This, 

 indeed, was the only occasion during the excursions when there 

 was at all a feeling of undue hurry. 



Driving on to BRADFIELD MANOR HOUSE, now occupied as a 

 farm-house, the party were most kindly allowed by Mr. and Mrs. 

 Garlick to wander over the whole house and see all of interest 

 that it contained, and though the gatehouse, the porch, and other 

 parts, shown in Aubrey's sketch, are gone, yet enough remains of 

 good 15th century work in the hall, and of the later work of about 

 1640 behind it, to make the house a very interesting one to visit. 



CORSTON CHURCH was the only other stopping-place ; time did 

 not allow of the party going into the Church, which has, indeed, 

 nothing of interest in the interior — but the very picturesque west 

 wall, crowned with its corbelled bell-cot, was inspected, and Mr. 

 Ponting's notes thereon were read by the Rev. E. H. Goddard. 

 The Yicar very kindly had the pretty Elizabethan chalice on view. 



1 Wilts Arch. May., vol. xxx., p. 348. 



