House and Garden 
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE MARBLE HALL 
the parishes of Rickmansworth and Watford, 
and built the mansion which was destined to 
witness some of the great events in English 
history. It was a magnificent palace of 
stately architecture, embellished with a facade 
of double arches, painted and blazoned some¬ 
what in the fashion of certain old Italian 
houses. Lord Lytton thus describes it:— 
“Through corridor and hall, lined with 
pages and squires, passed Montagu and Mar- 
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