We give no guide to the walks, they are all easily found, and there is a
pleasure in making rambles for ourselves where every part of the country
invites us to explore it. The best view of the town, however, is from a
short distance on the Runton road. Varley, so well known as an artist,
has a very pleasing drawing, taken from the spot to which we allude. The
woods round Cromer Hall are a beautiful object from every direction. The
Hall itself is a handsome mansion, built in the Gothic style, with a
centre and two wings. It was commenced in 1827, by George Thomas
Windham, Esq., but was burnt down, before it was finished, in 1829. It
was rebuilt, and is now occupied by Henry Baring, Esq., brother of Lord
Ashburton, who married Miss Cecilia Windham, another of the daughters of
Admiral Windham.
The following gentlemen also possess, and occasionally inhabit handsome
houses in or near the town. H. Birkbeck, Esq., Sir Jacob Astley, now
Lord Hastings, Samuel Hoare, Esq., and Robert Herring, Esq. George
Stanley Repton, Esq. is lord of the manor of Cromer Weylands, and of
several other manors in the neighbourhood. Colne House is inhabited by
Mrs. Morris.
The season for Cromer is usually reckoned from the beginning of June till
the middle or end of October. The place itself is never in such beauty
as in the autumn, nor is its sea or the air more invigorating at any time
than in the month of October.
A mail-coach arrives daily from Norwich at half-past twelve, and returns
at half-past one o’clock. Letters, however, must be received at one
o’clock, at which time the post-office closes; on payment of a penny a
letter will be forwarded the same day. Phaetons, sociables, and also
saddle-horses may be had of Mr. Thomas Brown.
There are subscription reading-rooms, where the London and Provincial
papers are taken in daily, kept by Mr. Simons; and also a
circulating-library, kept by Mrs. Leak.
Carriers go once or twice a week to Norwich, Lynn, and other places in
the neighbourhood.
EXCURSION TO FELBRIGG,
RETURNING EITHER BY THE HOLT ROAD OR OVER BEESTON HEATH.
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