The Baronial Halls, and Ancient Picturesque Edifices of England; Vol. 1 of 2Hall, S. C. (Samuel Carter)
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The Baronial Halls, and Ancient Picturesque Edifices of England; Vol. 1 of 2
Hall, S. C. (Samuel Carter)
Historic buildings -- England
After describing various British remains which abound in this
neighbourhood, he proceeds:--“In the pasture on the eastern bank of the
Louther, in the way to Clifton, are several cairns, or carrachs as the
Scotch call them, made of dry stones heaped together; also many other
monuments of stones, 3, 4, 5, set upright together. They are generally
by the country-people said to be done by Michael Scott--a noted conjuror
in their opinion, who was a monk of Holme Abbey, in Cumberland. They
have a notion, too, that one Turquin, a giant, lived at Brougham, and
that Sir Lancelot du Lake lived at Mayborough and slew him.”--P. 45.
Stukeley accompanies his description by a view of Brougham, as seen
rising from the midst of fine old trees (most of which are now cut
down), with King Arthur’s Round Table in the foreground.
[Illustration:
From a drawing by F. W. Hulme. Day & Son. Lithʳˢ to The Queen.
]
SIZERGH HALL,
WESTMORLAND.
Sizergh Hall, with its venerable towers, presents to the traveller
journeying from Lancaster to Kendal an appearance peculiarly impressive.
After passing Levens Hall, famous for its antique gardens and other
vestiges of the olden time, two miles bring us to Sizergh, which a
sudden turn presents to view, standing about half a mile from the main
road, on a fine natural terrace of considerable elevation above the
general level of the surrounding country. Fine time-honoured trees are
thickly spread around; among them are some noble elms, whose stateliness
is, however, rapidly giving way before the inroads of age. The park is
small, and not particularly well ordered; it has also the appearance of
being much diminished in size, the main turnpike-road having, in all
probability, been cut through it, as in the case of Levens, where the
house is on one side of the road and the park on the other.
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