Observations upon the town of Cromer : $b considered as a watering place, and the picturesque scenery in its neighbourhood — John Shaqi
Observations upon the town of Cromer : $b considered as a watering place, and the picturesque scenery in its neighbourhoodBartell, Edmund
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Observations upon the town of Cromer : $b considered as a watering place, and the picturesque scenery in its neighbourhood
Bartell, Edmund
Cromer (England) -- Description and travel
Such accidental circumstances give the lane a considerable advantage over
the more extended prospect, to obtain which it is perhaps necessary to
travel over many miles of uninteresting country.
_Section the Ninth_.
WOOLTERTON, the seat of the Right Honourable Lord Walpole, is an elegant,
modern built, mansion, situated in a large park, well ornamented with
wood and water, but too flat to be possessed of very great beauty. At a
short distance from the house, is a ruin highly picturesque, the tower of
a church, of which no part else remains; it is a beautiful small
fragment, but appears to be too much skreened by the ordinary fir trees
with which it is encompassed, and which seem worse than they really are,
by being every where surrounded with fine timber.
The house is said to be ornamented with a considerable quantity of
tapestry, of superior excellence, particularly some chairs, upon the
seats of which are exhibited the fables of Æsop.
I have never seen the inside of Woolterton, and, indeed, of the park I am
qualified to say but little, having surveyed it in a very casual way; but
from what I have seen and from the report of others, it appears to be a
residence worthy of its noble owner, who generally resides on the spot,
and whose private character is highly estimable.
_Section the Tenth_.
IN returning from Holt to Cromer, the traveller is merely brought through
Upper Sherringham, which is distanced something more than a mile from
that which is denominated Lower Sherringham, situated upon the edge of
the cliff.
So miserable are both these places in themselves, that they could hardly
be supposed to contain any thing worth the attention, but as it
frequently happens that those things which at first so much disgusted,
afterwards upon a familiar acquaintance, put on a more favourable
appearance, and in the end become objects of delight, I flatter myself
that if the villages of Upper and Lower Sherringham are so unfortunate as
to be incapable of claiming attention, their environs, in point of
scenery, will amply make up the deficiency.
Passing through Upper Sherringham from Cromer, leaving the Holt road on
the left, the traveller is carried past the house of Cooke Flower, Esq.
the proprietor of the beautiful estate which affords the materials that
serve to compose this section. The situation of which is by no means a
letter of recommendation to the scenes he is approaching. It is not the
house but the grounds about it that demand attention, therefore it is to
be hoped that his disappointment, if symptoms of that kind are excited,
will vanish as he proceeds.
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