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
Ffrom Epsham to Leatherhead 3 mile, we pass by S^r Robert Howards which
I have described. Here is a little town where they make much Leather,
and other little trades, many Butchers which supply Epsham. Here it is
that the water which sinks away at Swallow hole at Mole under Box Hill
which is 7 mile off, and here it Bubbles up in twenty places from a
hill, and Compases a great river half a mile off, over which a long
bridge of 14 great arches of stone by their Height shews sometimes the
water to be very deep. A little farther its so deep as cannot be
fforded, here the Channell is not so broad, only four Large Arches. We
goe over thence a mile and halfe to M^r Moores ffine house on a hill,
its built w^{th} brick and stone Coyned, and the windows Stone, nine
sashes to the Garden; the jutting out in the middle is three windows.
The top is in a peak painted frisco, and a Cornish round on Each side; a
low building Each End Like Wings w^{th} same Cornish Leaded and flower
potts on it, w^{ch} are the offices on one Side, and Lead to a summer
House and backward to the private Entrance, a Court y^t you ascend by
steps of stone and jron barristers with turnings and halfe paces to the
part of y^e house in Constant use. The ffront in the Entrance is as the
Garden, only here are but Eight windows, only two in the middle jutting
the top, and that here you see not those two Low wings. You Enter by the
Church yard, noe great Court or roome for it, a very Little court w^{ch}
on the right hand Leads into y^e garden on a banck green walke, to a
seate or summer house finely painted and stands on four pillars. Within
this Leads into a gravel walk w^{ch} goes round y^e first Garden. The
summer house you might pass through to the same green banck walk, which
Leads to a broad Grass walk on the right hand up the hill near a quarter
of a mile, Each side planted w^{th} trees, and y^e ground some for
kitchen gardens orchards hott beds. The top of the hill has two white
seates and a summer house, this has white open gates, Large as the walk.
Here is a very fine pond runs across the breadth of the gardens and
orchards. The Garden at the house is all flatt, much in Grass walks and
bancks sett w^{th} green, most yews. There is a great gravel walk to the
fountain from the middle of the house, w^{ch} is filled by a Long
Cannall as broad as the walk; at the farther End is a trion gilt, with a
horn w^{ch} can blow the water 20 yards. Here are seates on the bancks,
and y^e ground is set much in Grass walks w^{th} dwarfe greens, which
Cutts the grass plotts into four, which are Cutt into fflower deluces
and Severall Devices w^{th} paths of Gravell, borders of mould, in which
are greens of all sorts, Piramids and then round jnterchangeable. Beyond
this is another space as Large, w^{th} a round space w^{th} a Large
stone ffigure, and severall Less ffigures of brass in the little squares
and strapps of grass, w^{ch} was fform’d by Cross and round gravell
walks.
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