Through England on a side saddle in the time of William and MaryFiennes, Celia
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Through England on a side saddle in the time of William and Mary
Fiennes, Celia
England -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
There is their Chamber, her fine Closet, a servants roome and a Large
studdy for him; there is also two Large Chambers for strangers which
takes the whole wing over the dineing roome and studdy. There is also a
Little roome at the end for strangers opposite to M^r folie’s roome
which Lookes to the front. This dineing roome is what they Eate in
allwayes—is well wanscoated. There is a fountaine bason just faceing y^e
balcony doore that Leads to a terrass paved with black and white marble
and jron palisadoes; it has a long space and broad for walking and two
Enclosed on Each side by same jron work a step up or two these doores
from y^e Ladies Closet and the Studdy, out on them in the middle goes
the staires two wayes, all jron work, and meete halfe way and Joyne in
y^e next descent on Gravel, which is in a halfe moon and so design’d to
be Left in a Low place with a Cascade beneath, and the Gravell walke and
grass walks to go by it and beyond it in many rows of trees. The walled
Gardens and walks one below another. This terrass gives a vast prospect
of the Country, it being scituated on the ascent of a hill. Many rows of
trees in Meadows below it adds to its beauty being all within his own
Ground, he has a Great Estate and a Great parke up above it with Great
woods. The adornment of the Rooffe is flower potts and ffigures Globes
and Scallop shells, it will be noble Compleate buildings and deserves
10000^£ a yeare to Live Like it.
The offices are all below and Even with the first Entrance of the
ffront, what is ffinished is neate good wanscoate and tapistry, there is
two or three damaske beds and one velvet one what they had before, so
noe new ffurniture but y^e best wing noe doubt will be finely finish’d
and furnish’d. The prospect is Large and jndeed to view, at Least in the
summer and in Drye tyme, Herrifordshire is Like a fruitfull Garden. Near
Richards Castle is the Bone well a fountain alway full of ffish and
ffroggs bones tho’ often Cleared of them yet still renewed.
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