286 The Forty- Second General Meeting. 



extremely interesting building lias been rescued, is to be congratu- | 

 latcd most heartily on the way in which the work has been ac- 1 

 complished. 



A short drive further took the party to what must formerly havef 

 been the stately mansion of HAZELBURY HOUSE. The occupier, ! 

 Mr. Fry, very kindly allowed the Members to wander all over it,l : 

 and to inspect the finely-carved stone mantelpiece in the upper }! 

 room of the detached building — formerly the Dower House?—! 

 now occupied as a cottage close to the great house. The fine 4 

 garden walls, the gate pillars surmounted with the arms of Speke, 

 and the grouping of the buildings that remain, give Hazelbury an ■if 

 imposing appearance still, though the house was originally probably | 

 at least three times its present size. 



On arrival at BOX the first thing to be done was to inspect a J 

 small piece of Roman tessellated pavement lately uncovered m\\ 

 Miss Burgess's garden, after which the CHURCH was visited, i;' 

 This, as it at present exists, is a remarkable example of the an- 1 

 restored Church crowded with galleries, one of which is approached ; '' 

 in an original manner by a staircase through the west window of 

 the north aisle ! The greatest stickler for the preservation of 1| 

 ancient monuments would hardly drop a tear over the disappearance fl 

 of these galleries, but if the question of the removal of the central j 

 tower was the rock upon which the negotiations for restoration split j 

 some years ago — then having the example of Corsham as a warning j 

 before their eyes — archaeologists can hardly help rejoicing that as j 

 yet, at all events, no such scheme of " restoration," falsely so called, . 

 has been carried out. 



DITTERIDGE CHURCH, the next point at which a stoppage was | 

 made, with its fine Norman doorway, font, and early Norman i: 

 lancet windows, is full of interest to the student of architecture. 

 Here Mr. Brakspear read notes on the building prepared by j 

 Mr. Ponting. Within a very short distance is the fine old resi- \ 

 dence of CHENEY COURT, with three beautiful fireplaces in the 

 upper rooms, the whole house being most kindly thrown open to 3 

 the Society by the temporary occupants. A short drive further 

 brought the party to the Dower House of Cheney Court, known as 



