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COLES FARM. This is a small example of the gabled mullioned 

 house of the seventeenth century, of which so many exist in this 

 i neighbourhood, but it contains in addition to a couple of good 

 mantelpieces, &c, upstairs, a singularly beautiful and perfect room 

 on the ground-floor, with its rich panelling and plaster ceiling of 

 1649 still remaining in an absolutely uninjured condition. Few 

 more delightful rooms than this have ever been visited by the 

 Society ; on a more modest scale it reminded one of the charms of 

 Stockton, seen during the Warminster Meeting in 1893. The house 

 j itself is dated 1648. With the tea most kindly and hospitably 

 provided here by Mr. and Mrs. Morres the Meeting of 1895 

 I practically came to an end, and the party broke up, some of the 

 Members proceeding to catch the train at Box, and others driving 

 home to Corsham. 



Considering the Meeting as a whole, it will be allowed by those 

 j who took part in it that, though previous programmes have had a 

 more attractive look, few have proved more really interesting in the 

 I carrying out. Castle Combe and Lacock are both places of unique 

 j interest, and probably no district of Wiltshire of equal size with 

 j that traversed during the two days' excursions could show anything 

 | like the number of examples of good domestic architecture — a fact 

 no doubt due to the excellent quality and abundance of the local 

 ! building stone ; whilst the scenery through which great part of the 

 excursions lay was such as many natives of Wiltshire would hardly 

 \ give their county the credit of possessing within its borders. 



Though, owing perhaps especially to the fact that the General 

 j Election was but just over, the numbers attending were somewhat 

 i smaller than usual, the Meeting was nevertheless decidedly a success, 

 | and for its success the Society is indebted to the gentlemen who so 

 generously entertained the Members, to Mr. Talbot for his excellent 

 j guidance, and most of all to the exertions of our Local Secretary, 

 j Mr. H. Brakspear, who worked early and late to make the Corsham 

 ; Meeting one to be remembered amongst the many pleasant and 

 instructive Meetings that the Society has enjoyed in recent years. 

 ' Not the least satisfactory thing about it is the fact thai a, balanoe 

 I of £26 was handed over to the Society's exchequer by the Local 



