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
long ceased to be used for the purpose of worship, but is kept in repair
as the Burial-place of the family. It is of small structure, built of
the materials common to sacred edifices in the counties of Norfolk and
Suffolk--rough flint, with cement and free-stone in the battlements,
parapets, groins, buttresses, windows, and arches. The round Tower,
indicated in the accompanying print, is curious, and of remote
antiquity. Its external aspect is peculiarly venerable, covered with
Ivy-trees, the growth of centuries. The interior where, it is said, no
religious service has been performed since the Reformation, the family
having adhered, through all changes, to the old faith, is without pews,
and contains many richly-sculptured Monuments. Among them is a superb
Tomb of marble and coloured free-stone, to the memory of Margaret,
Countess of Bath, and her three husbands; the first of whom was Sir
Thomas Kytson--the citizen-founder of Hengrave--who died September 13th,
1545, aged 55 years. The other principal Tombs are in memory of Sir
Thomas Kytson, the younger; Sir Thomas Darcy; the Bourchiers, Earls of
Bath; the Cornwallys; and the Gages.
Altogether, there are few of the Baronial Mansions of England so little
spoiled by time--so comparatively uninjured by modern taste and
injudicious improvement. Hengrave Hall is “a fair and, in some respects,
a unique example of the domestic architecture of the period of its
erection.”
[Illustration:
From a drawing by W. Müller. Day & Son, Lithʳˢ. to The Queen.
WEST-STOW HALL, SUFFOLK.]
WEST STOW HALL,
SUFFOLK.
Within four miles--north-west--of the venerable town of Bury St.
Edmunds, the traveller may notice, not far from the road-side, the
turrets of an ancient House, now decayed, but which, in the palmy age of
England, was classed among the stateliest of its “stately Homes.” Unless
attention is directed to it, however, it will attract no passers-by; for
very humble are now the pretensions of the Palace-Hall, in which resided
Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and his Royal wife, the youngest
daughter of Henry VII., sister to Henry VIII, and widow of Louis XII.,
King of France.
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