=Portswood=, 79, 221, the seat of Lady Kingston. The house is a handsome building, which, from its situation on an eminence, commands fine views of the surrounding scenery, beautifully diversified with wooded meadows rising in the agreeable variety of hill and dale, among which the river Itchen, and the Southampton water, forming a spacious lake in the front of the mansion, are the most striking features. The pleasure grounds are laid out with great taste, and the shrubberies are extensive. The house, externally, has an elegant appearance; and the interior is commodious, ornamented in a style of chaste simplicity, enriched with some fine paintings. Powlett, G. Esq. 159. (_see Amport Park_) =Priory, the=, 47, the seat of Lord Somers. This is a large house, formerly a priory, beautified with plantations, and a large sheet of water, and surrounded with hills, which render the prospect very romantic. =Prospect Hill=, 178. =Purbrook Park=, 32, 214, the seat of Lord Keith. The mansion is a handsome building, with detached wings and offices, advantageously situated in a spacious park. =Purley House=, 53, 55. Purvis, ---- Esq. 222. (_see Black Brook_) R. Radnor, Earl of, 209. (_see Longford Castle_) =Randall House=, 62, the seat of ---- Bland, Esq. stands on the bank of the river Mole, in a pleasant park of about sixty acres. Rashleigh, C. Esq. 127. (_see Duporth_) Rawlinson, ---- Esq. 84. (_see New Place_) Redhead, ---- Esq. 94. (_see Burton_) =Redlynch House=, 173. =Red Rice=, 101, the seat of Henry Errington, Esq. The house is delightfully embosomed in woods, surrounded by open downs. =Restormel Castle=, 126. The mouldering ruins of this celebrated and once magnificent fortress, rearing its ivy-clad walls above the contiguous valleys, has a most picturesque and venerable appearance. It was once a royal residence, and afterwards long inhabited by the Earls of Cornwall, though now only tenanted by the owl, and similar inmates. The castle and honour of Restormel is annexed to the Duchy of Cornwall; but the mansion formerly connected with the estate, and still bearing the name of Restormel, is the property of Lord Mount Edgecumbe, and in the occupation of John Hext, Esq. Rhode, Major, 16. Richardson, Mrs. 67. =Richings Lodge=, 175. Richmond, Duke of, 36, 40, 216. (_see Goodwood and Halnaker House_) =Richmond Park=, 24. This park was enclosed and planted by Charles the First, having purchased the rights of common on the wastes of the respective parishes to whom they belonged. The park contains 2,253 acres, enclosed with a brick wall. The rangership is in the hands of the King; and the Deputy Ranger is the Countess Dowager of Mansfield. The new, or stone lodge, built by George the First, was given by his present Majesty, in 1802, for life, to Viscount Sidmouth, with sixty acres of land round it. The park also contains several other lodges. Rich, Sir C. 220. (_see Grove Place_) Ridge, G. Esq. 61. (_see Morden Park_)