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
The ffront Entrance is into a handsome Court, one Large paved walke in
the middle between Grass, the borders round of flowers, y^e wall w^{th}
trees. You ascend some stepps to a broad terrass paved and with a breast
wall sett w^{th} flower potts. This is the breadth of the house and at
Each End two Large white seates w^{th} arches over y^e head. You Enter a
step or two to this space w^{ch} Leads to y^e staires on y^e Left to a
little parlour wanscoted, white in veines and gold mouldings, a neat
Booffett ffurnish’d with Glasses and china for the table, a Cistern
below into which the water turn’d from a Cock, and a hole at bottom to
Let it out at pleasure. W^{th} in this roome was a Large Closet or
musick roome, on the other side was a dineing room w^{th} a balcony door
w^{ch} has staires to y^e garden in a round with half paces and jron
railes. Thence is a drawing roome, beyond that a Closet that comes out
into a little passage to the staircase, w^{ch} is Large and makes the
fourth part of the house; they are wanscoate varnish’d and the Lower
step or two Larger, and y^e other End is in a turn. The half paces are
strip’d, the wood put w^{th} y^e Graine, the next slip against the
Graine, w^{ch} makes it Looke pretty as if Inlaid.
You Enter one roome hung with Crosstitch in silks, the bed the same
Lined w^{th} yellow and white strip’d sattin, window Curtaines white
silk damaske w^{th} furbellows of Callicoe printed flowers, the Chaires
Crosstitch and two stooles of yellow Mohaire w^{th} Crostitch, true
Lower knotts in straps along and a Cross, an Elbow Chaire tentstitch;
Glasses over all y^e Chimneys and Marble pieces. The windows in all the
roomes had Cusheons. The next roome was Lady Dennagalls Chamber and
Closet hung w^{th} very rich tapistry, the bed Crimson damaske Lined
w^{th} white Jndia sattin, w^{th} Gold and Crimson flowers printed; the
Chaires, one red damaske, the other Crostitch and tentstitch very Rich,
soe round the roome. The Closet, Green damaske Chaires, and many fine
pictures under Glasses, of tentstitch sattin stitch Gumm and strawwork,
also jndia flowers birds &c. The roome over the Little parlour was
M^{rs} Ruths, a pladd bed Lined w^{th} Jndian Callicoe, and an Jndia
Carpet on the bed—w^{th} in was her Closet. Over this are good Garretts
and staires to the Leads w^{ch} shews you all about the town.
The first garden is square, the walls full of trees and nail’d neate, an
apricote, peach, plumb, necktarine, w^{ch} spread but not very high;
between Each is a cherry stript up to the top and spreads, Composeing an
arch over the others. There are borders of flowers round and a handsome
Gravel round. The Grass plott is Large; in the middle a little Gravel in
an oval or round, where is a Large fountain of stone full of stone
Images to spout the water. This Garden is the breadth of the dwelleing
house—the dineing roome and drawing roome Looke into it.
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