Chapter II: Part 2

=Flower House=, 55.

Flower, Miss, 16.

=Fonthill Abbey=, 163, the seat of William Beckford, Esq. This magnificent mansion, justly considered unique, whether viewed collectively or in its subdivisions, must, in either case excite astonishment and awaken the most delightful sensations. The house, plantations, extent and variety of this beautiful and diversified spot, individually claim our attention alike, and each merits a particular description, which, to enter upon in a work of so limited a nature as the present, is impossible; we therefore confine ourselves to sketching a few of the most prominent beauties of this justly celebrated and truly magnificent seat.

The enclosures measure about seven miles, surrounded by a stone wall, the internal features of which are diversified with a variety of scenic capabilities, and such has been the taste and judgment exercised in the disposition and arrangement of the embellishments, that a journey of twenty-two miles may be made within these gardens without once retracing the same steps; in the progress of which the scenery will be found equally varied, beautiful, and interesting.

An eminence gradually ascending from the open country on the north is covered with woods, some of which are of ancient growth, but the major part consists of modern plantations, descending to a fine enclosed country to the south. From the apex of a hill, embosomed in this luxuriant grove, rises a mansion called the Abbey, crowned with a lofty tower (visible at the distance of forty miles) turrets, pediments, and pinnacles, bearing every external appearance of an ancient monastic edifice. It is composed of a tower in the centre, 276 feet in height, an entrance hall lofty and spacious, and three wings, extending from the tower to the east, north, and south; the exterior elevation of each of these portions is dissimilar to the others, each appropriated to the purposes of a commodious and elegant mansion; the whole adorned in the most costly manner, and enriched with the choicest productions of the fine arts. The view from the top of the tower is of vast extent, including many counties in its circumference, and embracing a variety of charming scenery interspersed with objects beautifully picturesque. Some conception may be formed of the extent and variety of this scene, when it is known that the tower has its base upon an eminence considerably above the level of the top of Salisbury spire; and in the immediate neighbourhood there is no hill of sufficient magnitude to bound the view. On the summit of a lofty eminence, called The Beacon, is a plain of about six acres, intended for the site of a magnificent tower; the foundations of which are entirely laid, and in most parts the walls are raised to the height of nine or ten feet, it is of considerable extent, in form triangular, with a circular bastion at each of its angles.

From the south-east side, near the foot of this hill, a singularly advantageous prospect of the abbey is obtained. Over a long extent of ground, adorned in the most luxuriant and beautiful manner by trees of various foliage, so arranged as not to interrupt the view, this truly magnificent mansion appears, presenting a grand mass of embattled towers, surmounted by the lofty octagon which composes the centre. This charming scene is backed by an elevated woodland of a sombre aspect, which by contrast heightens the striking and brilliant effect of the edifice, and thus renders complete this unrivalled coup d’œil. Descending into the bottom, a fine lake reflects the beauties of the surrounding scene, which is so arranged as to give an idea of even much greater magnitude than it possesses; it is plentifully supplied with waterfowl. Shooting is not allowed within the enclosure, consequently every animal sports undisturbed, and from their number considerably enliven this enchanting place.

The former mansion at Fonthill, which is now taken down, was situated nearly a mile and a half from the present. Fonthill anciently constituted the lordship of the family of the Giffards, and is still called Fonthill Giffard, to distinguish it from a contiguous parish, denominated Fonthill Bishop.

Foote, R. Esq. 9. (_see Charlton Park_)

Foreman, W. Esq. 1. (_see Westcomb Park_)

Fort, ---- Esq. 209. (_see Alderbury House_)

=Fox Lease=, 92.

=Freemantle=, 91, 220.

=Froyle Place=, 82.

Fuller, ---- Esq. 200. (_see Neston_)

G.

Gage, Lord, 59, 96. (_see Plashet Place, and Westbrook House_)

Garnier, ---- Esq. 97, 213. (_see Wickham Corner_)

=Garston Hall=, 55.

=Gatcomb=, 32.

=Gatton Park=, 47, 54, the seat of Sir Mark Wood. This mansion stands in the middle of an extensive park, ornamented with wood and water tastefully arranged, and forming a most charming residence.

Gibbons, Sir William, 174. (_see Stanwell Place_)

Gipps, G. Esq, 9. (_see Ileden_)

=Givens Grove=, 62.

Glanville, ---- Esq. 124. (_see Catchfrench_)

Gloucester, H. R. H. the Duke of, 72, 87. (_see Bagshot Park and Bolderwood Lodge_)

=Gloucester Lodge=, 171.

Gloucester, H. R. H. Princess Sophia of, 92. (_see Ironshill Lodge_)

Goodlad, ---- Esq. 97. (_see Hill Place_)

=Goodwood=, 36, 40, 216, the seat of the Duke of Richmond. The mansion is advantageously situated in a spacious park, commanding extensive and delightful prospects. After a variety of alterations and additions to the present time, this mansion has arrived at a degree of elegance and splendour truly worthy its present noble possessor. The principal front, and the west wing, are new. The former, which faces the south, is only one story high, with a circular tower of two stories, crowned with a low dome at each end. The centre is embellished with a portico of six Ionic columns of Portland stone, which support another of the same number of Doric pillars, surmounted by a ballustrade. Each of the wings, forming obtuse angles with the front, has also a circular tower at its extremity. The apartments are spacious and elegant.

The stables and offices, situated westward of the house, are a handsome quadrangular building, inferior to few in the kingdom. The kennel for the hounds exceeds in magnificence, and conveniences of every kind, any structure, perhaps, ever raised before for a similar purpose. The gardens are extensive, and tastefully laid out. Here is also a magnificent tennis-court. The park contains 2000 acres, in which, on a rising ground, is erected a beautiful pleasure-house, called Cairney Seat: from this building the most magnificent views present themselves. Adjoining the park, on a hill, is a race course, where races are held two or three days, in the latter end of April, or beginning of May.

The lion, carved in wood, which ornamented the head of Commodore Anson’s ship, in which he circumnavigated the globe, is placed on a pedestal, near the Duke of Richmond Inn.

Goring, C. Esq. 66. (_see Highden_)

Grainger, ---- Esq. 49. (_see Bridge House_)

Grant, ---- Esq. 213. (_see Park Place_)

Grant, J. Esq. 80. (_see Windmill Hill_)

Graves, Lord, 123. (_see Thanks_)

=Greenwich Park=, 1. This spot has been long celebrated as the favourite residence of several of our sovereigns, having a magnificent palace, on the site of which is now erected that most splendid monument of national glory, =Greenwich Hospital=; the prudence and humanity of which institution confers an immortality of renown on its royal founders, William the Third and Queen Mary. The architect was Sir Christopher Wren, who, after having adapted to his plan the wing of a palace, erected by Charles the Second, in 1696, laid the foundation of the first new building, and the superstructure was completed in two years afterwards. From this period the Hospital has been gradually enlarged and improved, till it has arrived at its present height of splendour and magnificence. Greenwich Hospital is principally built of Portland stone, and consists, in its present state, of four distinct quadrangular piles of building, distinguished by the names of the respective monarchs in whose reigns they were founded or built. The grand front opens on a terrace, skirting the southern bank of the Thames, and extending to the length of 865 feet, in the centre of which is a descent to the river, by a double flight of steps. The ground plot of the whole edifice forms nearly a square, of which King Charles’s building occupies the north-west angle; Queen Ann’s, the north-east; King William’s, the south-west; and Queen Mary’s, the south-east. The interval between the two former buildings forms a square, 270 feet wide, in the middle of which is the statue of George the Second, sculptured by Rysbrach, out of a single block of white marble, weighing eleven tons, which was taken from the French by Admiral Sir George Rooke, and given to the Hospital by Sir John Jennings, governor.

Greenwich Park was disjoined from the palace when the latter was converted into an hospital, and it still continues to be vested in the crown. It contains 880 acres, and was walled round with brick by James the First. The upper part, adjoining to Blackheath, is considerably elevated; and from One Tree Hill and the Observatory, which stands on the site of a tower erected by the good Duke of Gloucester, the prospects are uncommonly fine, particularly of the metropolis, the county of Essex, and the serpentine windings of the Thames, animated by the crowds of shipping that are continually navigating its busy stream. Greenwich Hospital is immediately under the eye; and with the adjacent country and river, and London in the distance, presents as interesting a coup-d’œil as can well be imagined. The park itself affords much rich scenery: it was laid out by Le Nôtre, in the time of Charles the Second, and is planted chiefly with elms and Spanish chesnuts, some of which latter are very large. In one part are remains of various ancient Barrows, most of which were opened, in the year 1784, by Mr. Douglas, author of the “_Nenia Britannica_.” Among the articles found in them were spear heads, knives, human bones, and hair, fragments of woollen cloth, lumps of iron, and broad-headed nails, with decayed wood adhering to them.

The Ranger’s Lodge, an edifice once splendid, though now greatly delapidated, was the occasional retirement of the Right Hon. Henry Pelham, when prime minister: his wife, the Lady Catherine Pelham, being then Ranger of the park. No other person was appointed to that office till it was given to the Princess of Wales. The Tower in Greenwich Park, which had been erected by Duke Humphrey, after having been rebuilt, and subsequently repaired, was pulled down by Charles the Second, in 1675, who founded on its site the present =Royal Observatory=. This spot was chosen by the recommendation of Sir Christopher Wren, and the celebrated Flamstead was appointed the first Astronomer Royal, by the advice of Sir Jonas Moore. The king gave £500, and as many bricks as were wanted, from a spare stock at Tilbury Fort, which together with the materials of the old Tower, compose the present building, which was completed in 1676 The present Astronomer Royal is John Pond, Esq. Within the building is a deep dry well, formed for the purpose of admitting observations to be made on the stars in the day time.

Greville, ---- Esq. 220. (_see Shirley House_)

=Grove House=, 61.

Grove, Mrs. 164. (_see Zeals House_)

=Grove Place=, 220.

Gwydir, Lord, 16. (_see Langley Park_)

Gwynne, Gen. 74. (_see Elvetham_)

H.

=Hack House=, 199.

=Hackwood Park=, 75, the seat of Lord Bolton. The park is very extensive, with a surface boldly irregular, partaking of the beautiful character of the neighbouring chalk downs. The scenery is picturesque, the views being diversified by large groves of the finest forest trees, particularly oak, ash, and beech, interspersed with thorns, beautifully luxuriant and large. The house, which is situated towards the eastern boundary of the park, is encompassed by about 100 acres of pleasure grounds, disposed into lawn, terrace, shrubbery, and a noble wood. Various alterations have been made by Lord Bolton, who has greatly improved the pleasure grounds, by unfettering nature from the restraints imposed by the ancient style of gardening. In short, to enumerate the particular beauties of Hackwood Park, replete with every luxuriant embellishment that can be obtained from a happy combination of nature and art, assisted by soil and situation, would far exceed the limits of this publication. The house was originally a lodge, built in Queen Elizabeth’s time, and used as a place of meeting for the company assembled for the purpose of hawking, and as a banqueting room after the sport was over. This lodge now forms the central part of the building, which, after a variety of additions and alterations, has arrived at its present excellence, being rendered, by the improvements of its noble possessor, a handsome and complete family residence. It contains some good portraits.

=Haine Castle=, 151.

=Haldon House=, 117, the seat of Sir Lawrence Palk, Bart. This mansion, which is composed of brick, and stuccoed, was erected about the year 1735: it consists of a centre and two wings, resembling the Queen’s house in St. James’s Park, but smaller. It stands on an elevated situation, and from its principal front commands many extensive and beautiful views. The apartments are handsomely fitted up, and contain some good pictures. The library also contains a valuable collection of books, manuscripts, and a cabinet of medals.

The grounds round the house are extensive, and embellished with plantations. On Pen Hill, a castellated building is erected to the memory of Gen. Lawrence, whose statue ornaments the entrance. The views from this castle, which is three stories high, are extremely beautiful, varied, and extensive.

Hale, ---- Esq. 119. (_see Ingsdon_)

=Hales Place=, 11, the seat of Sir Edward Hales, Bart. The house stands on a commanding eminence, and consists of a spacious body, and two wings for offices, built of brick, in the Ionic order, with stone jams and cornices. Many improvements have been made here by the present baronet, among which, beautifying the park and grounds forms a conspicuous part, they being of considerable extent, and including much fine scenery.

Hales, Sir Edward, 11. (_see Hales Place_)

=Haling Park=, 53, the seat of W. P. Hammond, Esq. Charles Howard, the celebrated Lord High Admiral of Elizabeth, held it by lease of the crown, and died here in 1624. The fine grove in the park contains a great number of choice exotics and ever-greens.

=Hall Place=, 96, the seat of ---- Dillon, Esq. The house is a neat building, pleasantly situated in a small, but elegantly diversified, park, surrounded with woody hills, interspersed with cultivated grounds.

=Hall Place=, 176.

=Hall Place=, 99.

Hallet, J. Esq. 8. (_see Higham_)

=Halnaker House=, 40, 216, a seat of the Duke of Richmond. The house has been suffered to go to decay; but it is remarkable, as containing two curfews, as old as the reign of William the Conqueror.

=Halstead=, 17.

Hammond, W. P. Esq. 53. (_see Haling Park_)

=Hampton Court Park=, 24. In this park stands a royal Palace, originally built with brick, by Cardinal Wolsey, who set up 280 silk beds for strangers only, and richly furnished it with gold and silver plate; but it raised so much envy against him, that, to screen himself from its effects, he gave it to Henry VIII. who, in return, suffered him to live in his palace at Richmond. Henry enlarged it, and it then consisted of five spacious courts, adorned with buildings, which, in that age, were greatly admired.

Of the splendour of this palace we have few remains. The ancient apartments still standing, having been originally used merely as domestic offices, can convey no idea of the times in which they were built. The principal part of the old palace was taken down in 1690, and the present structure was raised by King William, under the direction of Sir Christopher Wren. The grand façade towards the garden extends 330 feet, and that towards the Thames 328. The portico and colonnade of duplicated pillars, of the Ionic order, at the grand entrance; and indeed the general design of these elevations, are in a superior style of magnificence.

The park and gardens, with the ground on which the palace stands, are three miles in circumference. On a pediment, in the front of the palace facing the gardens, is a bas-relief of the triumphs of Hercules over Envy; and facing it is a large oval basin, answering to the form of this part of the garden, which is a large oval, divided into gravel walks and parterres. On the south side of the palace is the privy garden, which was sunk ten feet, to open a view from the apartments to the Thames, and in which is a fountain, with two grand terrace walks. The entrance to the place is from the town, through four large brick piers, ornamented with the lion and unicorn. Passing through a long court, on each side of which is stabling, we arrive at the first portal, decorated with the heads of the four Cæsars, namely, Tiberius, Vitellius, Trajan, and Adrian. Through this portal we pass into a quadrangle, which leads to a second quadrangle, where, over the portal, is a beautiful clock, by Tompion, on which are the twelve signs of the Zodiac, with the rising and setting of the sun, the phases of the moon, &c. In this quadrangle is a stone colonnade, of the Ionic order, which leads to the great stair-case, adorned with gilt iron balustrades, erected on porphry. This stair-case, with the ceiling, was painted by Verrio. The paintings in the various apartments of this palace are numerous; a guide attends to describe them.

The palace consists of three quadrangles: the first and second are ancient; but the third, comprising the royal apartments, was magnificently built of brick and stone by William the Third. The gardens are in the style which prevailed some years ago, when mathematical figures were preferred to the forms of natural beauty.

At the extremity of the gardens, opposite Thames Ditton, is a lodge, in the possession of the Duke of Kent, as ranger of Hampton Court Park. It is called the Pavillion, and is a neat little structure.

=Harden Huish=, 185.

Harding, Rev. Mr. 17.

Harman, ---- Esq. 3. (_see Wombwell Hall_)

Harris, ---- Esq. 151. (_see Haine Castle_)

=Hartham Park=, 186, the seat of ---- Joy, Esq. The house is remarkable, as having been built by Lady James, the friend and correspondent of Sterne, who also greatly embellished the park and pleasure grounds.

=Hartswood=, 48.

=Hatchford=, 25.

Hatsell, J. Esq. 55. (_see Marden Park_)

Havelock, ---- Esq. 3. (_see Ingress_)

Hawkins, Sir Christopher, 128. (_see Trewithan_)

Hawley, Mrs. 74.

=Haydon Seat=, 189.

=Hazel Park=, 177.

Heathcote, T. F. Esq. 210. (_see Emley Park_)

Heathcote, ---- Esq. 199. (_see South Broom House_)

Heathcote, Sir W. 85. (_see Hursley Lodge_)

=Heatherton Park=, 194.

Heneage, Mrs. 184. (_see Compton Park_)

Henley, ---- Esq. 23.

=Hermitage, the=, 4.

Hext, ---- Esq. 126. (_see Restormel Castle_)

=Heytesbury Park=, 206, the seat of Sir William A’Court, Bart. The mansion is a modern brick building, surrounded with extensive pleasure grounds.

=Higham=, 8, a small seat in the villa style, the property of J. Hallet, Esq. The house occupies a very pleasant and commanding situation.

=Highden=, 66.

=Hill Place=, 97.

Hillier, Mrs. 26. (_see Stoke Place_)

=Hills Place=, 65.

Hitchings, James, Esq. 55. (_see Garston Hall_)

Hoare, G. Esq. 78. (_see Twyford Park_)

Hoare, Henry, Esq. 46. (_see Mitcham Grove_)

Hoare, Sir R. C. 172, 173. (_see Stour Head House, and the Abbey_)

Holland, Lady, 78. (_see Cranbury Park_)

Holland, Lord, 69. (_see Holland House_)

=Holland House=, 69, the seat of Lord Holland, erected in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, is a venerable and stately gothic structure, standing at the summit of a spacious lawn, which gently rises from the road, commanding views over the Surrey hills. The grounds are pleasantly arranged, and well wooded.

=Holme Park=, 177, the seat of Charles Fysh Palmer, Esq. This is an elegant mansion. The river Thames glides beneath the elevated spot on which the house is situated, and flowing through a beautiful valley, is seen winding between the distant hills, and giving additional lustre to the surrounding country, which is extremely pleasing, and, in many places, picturesque.

=Holwood=, 16, the seat of ---- Pocock, Esq. was purchased of the Barrow’s family by the Right Hon. William Pitt, the celebrated Prime Minister. This was his favourite retirement: the grounds and scenery are extremely beautiful.

=Hooley House=, 53.

Hope, T. Esq. 63. (_see Deepdeen_)

=Horstead Place=, 59.

Howard, R. Esq. 62. (_see Ashtead Park_)

Hudson, R. Esq. 47. (_see Tadworth Court_)

Hulton, H. Esq. 221. (_see Bevis Mount_)

Humphreys, ---- Esq. 185. (_see Ivy House_)

=Hungerford Park=, 181, formerly the residence of the Barons of Hungerford, but now the seat of ---- Willes, Esq. It is a neat mansion, in the Italian style, built on the site of the old house. The lands surrounding the house are mostly cultivated, part of which are laid out in pleasure grounds. The south and west are closed with woods; but to the north the country is open, and the eye ranges over a considerable extent of beautiful scenery.

=Hursley Lodge=, 85, the seat of Sir William Heathcote, Bart. M. P. This is a substantial spacious edifice, pleasantly situated in a park well stocked with deer, and embracing extensive woods and shrubberies. It was the residence of Richard Cromwell; and, in pulling down the old manor house, on the site of which the present building is erected, the seal of the commonwealth of England was found.

=Hurstbourn Park=, 100, the beautiful seat of the Earl of Portsmouth. The mansion is situated on elevated ground, commanding various and extensive prospects: it consists of a centre, and two uniform wings, connected by colonnades with the body; the chief apartments are decorated with numerous paintings, by the best masters. The park is well wooded, and abounds with fine deer.

=Hyde Park=, 69. This park, from its contiguity to the metropolis, is much resorted to by all ranks of the inhabitants, for air and exercise; it possesses some pleasing scenery, and is occasionally used for exercising and reviewing the troops.

I.

=Jackson=, J. Esq. 79, 91, 221. (_see Belle Vue_)

Jarrett, ---- Esq. 91, 220. (_see Freemantle_)

Jenner, Robert, Esq. 56. (_see Felbridge Park_)

Jenning, G. Esq. 88. (_see Barnfield_)

Jersey, Earl of, 70. (_see Osterley Park_)

Ilchester, Earl of, 173. (_see Redlynch House_)

=Ileden=, 9.

=Ingress=, 3, the seat of W. Havelock, Esq. (formerly called _Ince-grece_), occupies an elevated situation, rising from the Thames, and commanding a beautiful view of the river, and of the opposite parts of Essex. This estate has been in the possession of several noblemen and gentlemen, who have all contributed to its splendour, either by additions, or improvements, down to its present possessor. The grounds are extremely beautiful, both in respect to home scenery, and to the more distant prospects which they command: the views from the house are particularly fine. In an elegant summer-house, built in a hollow of the chalk cliffs, are arranged a valuable collection of Roman altars, brought from Italy, together with statues, and other specimens of Roman sculpture, which are placed in different parts of the garden.

=Ingsdon=, 119.

Johnson, ---- Esq. 2. (_see Danson Park_)

Jolliffe, H. Esq. 54. (_see Merstham House_)

Jones, Gen. 96. (_see Belmont_)

Jones, Lady, 99. (_see Worting House_)

Jopp, ---- Esq. 94. (_see Winkton House_)

=Jordans House=, 168.

Joy, ---- Esq. 186. (_see Hartham Park_)

=Ironshill Lodge=, 92.

=Juniper Hill=, 63, the seat of Sir Lucas Pepys, Bart. This is a handsome house, with curious plantations.

=Ivy Church House=, 209.

=Ivy House=, 185.

K.

Keith, Lord, 32, 214. (_see Purbrook Park_)

=Kempshot Park=, 75, 131, the seat of J. C. Crook, Esq. The house is a handsome brick building, standing in a spacious park, and the ancient seat of the Pink family.

Kennaway, Sir John, 115. (_see Escott House_)

=Kenners House=, 152.

=Kensington Gardens=, 69. These gardens are spacious, and contain some pleasing scenery: they are open for the recreation of the public, under some restrictions. Here is also a palace, which has occasionally been a royal residence. The state apartments are noble, and the different chambers, stair-cases, and balconies, are ornamented with one of the most curious collections of paintings in England.

=Kiddbrook=, 57, the seat of the Right Hon. Charles Abbott, Speaker of the House of Commons. The house is large, but stands rather low. The park is not very extensive, but is tastefully laid out, and ornamented with water.

=Killerton Park=, 196, 197.

King, Lord, 26. (_see Ockham Park_)

=Kingston House=, 109, the seat of W. M. Pitt, Esq. erected in the year 1720. The form of the building is a long square, 101 feet by 62; it is situated on a rising ground, open to the north on a fine down, exhibiting views agreeably romantic, enriched by plantations. The grounds are laid out with great taste, assisted by a fine reservoir of water, interspersed with islands, covered with trees and shrubs.

Kingston, Lady, 79, 221. (_see Portswood_)

=Kippington=, 18, the seat of Francis Motley Austen, Esq. once the residence of the celebrated Thomas Farnaby, A. M. one of the most eminent schoolmasters that ever lived.

=Knowle Park=, 18, the seat of Lord Whitworth. The magnificent and immense pile which graces the demesne of Knowl, exhibits specimens of the styles of different ages, though by far the greater part is of the times of the Archbishops Bourchier and Morton. The most ancient is probably coeval with the Mareschels and Bigods, who formerly possessed this domain; the most modern is of the erection of Thomas, first Earl of Dorset, in the beginning of the reign of James the First. Many subsequent improvements have been made, the most considerable of which was by Richard, the fifth earl. The building is of a quadrangular shape, chiefly in the castellated style, with square towers, and two large embattled gateways. This edifice covers a space upwards of five acres in extent: the magnitude and feudal style of the building conveys most forcibly to the mind, the idea of days long since past, when baronial pomp, and romantic chivalry, shone in their meridian splendour; nor is the charm broken on entering the hall, still ornamented with all the paraphernalia of its original decorations. The apartments are splendidly fitted up, but their most attractive ornaments are the invaluable collection of pictures they contain. Among the portraits, which are numerous and well preserved, are many of the principal nobility and statesmen who lived in the reigns of Henry the Eighth and his children: some of them are by Holbein. The collection also contains some of the finest productions of Titian, Corregio, Vandyck, Rembrandt, and Sir Joshua Reynolds. Here is also a fine collection of antique _Busts_, mostly purchased in Italy by the late Duke of Dorset.

The Park is between five and six miles in circumference, it presents a richly diversified surface, abounds with fine timber and woods, and produces venison of a remarkable fine flavour.

Knowlys, ---- Esq. 49.

L.

=Lackham=, 185.

Lamb, ---- Esq. 49. (_see Tilgate House_)

Lance, ---- Esq. 221. (_see Chissel House_)

=Langley House=, 175.

=Langley Park=, 16.

Langton, W. Gore, Esq. 202. (_see Newton Park_)

Lansdown, Marquis of, 185. (_see Bow Wood_)

=Laverstock House=, 100.

=Lea House=, 28, 33.

Leach, J. Esq. 28, 33. (_see Lea House_)

Lear, William, Esq. 217. (_see Badworth Park_)

Leaves, ---- Esq. 217. (_see Tortington House_)

=Lee Place=, 1.

Leibenrood, J. Esq. 178. (_see Prospect Hill_)

Lemon, Sir W. 130. (_see Carclew_)

Leverton, T. Esq. 53, 55. (_see Purley House_)

Lindsay, Capt. 16. (_see Plaistow Lodge_)

=Little Park=, 222.

Liverpool, Earl of, 24. (_see Combe House_)

Lloyd, T. M. Esq 218.

Lock, ---- Esq. 62. (_see Norbury Park_)

=Lockeridge House=, 183.

Lockhart, ---- Esq. 210. (_see Sherfield House_)

Long, Right Hon. Charles. 16. (_see Warren House_)

=Longford Castle=, 209, the seat of the Earl of Radnor. This ancient Castle, which appears to have been built about the year 1591, and subsequently improved and altered, is situated on the western bank of the River Avon, in an extensive and beautiful park. It is of a triangular shape, with a round tower at each extremity. The building is composed of stone and flint, and was formerly surrounded by a moat, and approached by draw-bridges. The present noble proprietor is now erecting a very large castellated mansion, and the old building is destined to be taken down. Longford Castle has long been distinguished for its valuable collection of pictures, many of which are highly interesting.

=Losely=, 27, the seat of J. Molyneux, Esq. The house is large, and stands in the middle of a beautiful park: it is composed of stone, and was built about the year 1568. The main body of the mansion faces the north, and has an extensive wing on the west, and on the east is the garden wall, of equal dimensions with the wing, with projections, &c. to correspond. In the centre is a hall, 42 feet long, and 25 broad. The wing contains, on the first floor, a gallery 121 feet long, and 18 wide, which, together with the apartments, contain many good paintings.

Lowther, ---- Esq. 84. (_see Ovington Place_)

M.

Maidman, ---- Esq. 97.

Majesty, His, 175. (_see Windsor Castle_)

Mallet, Sir G. 160. (_see Wilbury Park_)

=Maltshanger House=, 99.

=Manor House=, 159.

=Manydown=, 99.

=Marden Park=, 55.

=Maresfield Park=, 58.

Margason, ---- Esq. 67, 218. (_see Offington House_)

Markwick, W. Esq. 65. (_see Den Place_)

Marlboro’, Duke of, 70, 177. (_see Sion Hill and White Knights_)

=Marley House=, 120.

Marsack, Major, 177. (_see Caversham Park_)

=May Place=, 2, the seat of Lady Fermanagh, is a large mansion of the time of James the First, but has been deprived of its original character by modern alterations and additions, made at a considerable expense.

Meade, T. Esq. 205. (_see Chatley House_)

=Merley House=, 90.

=Merry Oak Farm=, 221.

Merrywether, ---- Esq. 184. (_see Blacklands_)

=Merstham House=, 54.

Methuen, P. Esq. 186. (_see Corsham Park_)

Middleton, ---- Esq. 82, 95. (_see Chawton Park_)

Middleton, Lord Viscount, 27. (_see Pepper Harrow Park_)

=Midford Castle=, 204.

=Midgham House=, 179.

=Midlington Place=, 97.

Mildmay, Sir H. C. St. John, 78. (_see Shawford House_)

=Milland House=, 29.

Miller, Sir T. 82. (_see Froyle Place_)

Mills, ---- Esq. 94. (_see Bistern House_)

=Milshall Park=, 210, the seat of Major Osborne. Here, in 1800, a beautiful Hindoo temple was erected as a tribute to the merits of Warren Hastings, Esq. late Governor General of Bengal. This building is erected of artificial stone, after the chastest models of Hindoo architecture, and profusely ornamented with appropriate embellishments.

=Mitcham Grove=, 46, the seat of Henry Hoare, Esq. is a pleasant villa, on the bank of the river Wandle: it was purchased by Lord Clive, and presented to Alexander Wedderburn, Esq. afterwards Lord Loughborough, in return for his defence of that nobleman in the House of Commons, from whom it was purchased by its present owner.

Mitchell, Gen. 108. (_see Dewlish House_)

Molyneux, ---- Esq. 27. (_see Losely_)

Monck, B. Esq. 178. (_see Coley Park_)

=Monkton=, 185.

Montagu, Admiral, 217. (_see Avisford House_)

Montagu, Lord, 175. (_see Ditton Park_)

=Montreal=, 17, the seat of Lord Amherst, so called by the late Jeffery, Lord Amherst, K. B. in memory of his success in the reduction of Montreal, in Canada, in the year 1760. This nobleman erected the present elegant mansion, near the site of the ancient residence, which was called Brooks’ Place. A triumphal column, or obelisk, is erected in the grounds belonging to this seat, recording the achievements of the British troops in North America, during General Amherst’s continuance there.

Moor, ---- Esq. 116. (_see Blue Hayes_)

=Moor Park=, 81, the seat of ---- Tinison, Esq. once the residence of Sir William Temple, who, in this retirement breathed his last; and such was his attachment to the spot, that, by his own directions, his heart was buried under a sun-dial in the garden, enclosed in a silver box. The house, a large white edifice, stands on the west side of the park, which, though not very large, is, in many parts, beautifully romantic.

Moraunt, ---- Esq. 93. (_see Brockenhurst House_)

=Morden Park=, 61, the seat of G. Ridge, Esq. This mansion is a handsome quadrangular building, situated on a rising ground, with extensive pleasure grounds, laid out with considerable taste, and ornamented with two fine sheets of water.

Morgan, ---- Esq. 212. (_see Botley Grange_)

=Mount Edgecumbe=, 122, the seat of the Earl of Mount Edgecumbe. This truly magnificent mansion is situated on the side of a beautifully wooded hill, in a spacious lawn, bounded with rich old timber, growing down to the water’s edge. From its northern and eastern fronts, it commands extensive, and finely diversified prospects, including Plymouth, the Dock, and the Dock-yard, the citadel, the shipping in the Hamoaze, and the surrounding country, bounded by elevated hills. It was completed in the reign of Queen Mary, and is built of red lime stone, covered with stucco; the door and window cases are of moor stone. Its form is nearly square, with an octagonal tower at each corner, and battlements at the top. The hall occupies the centre of the house, and rises to the second story: this room is fitted up in the Grecian style of architecture, and is handsomely decorated with Doric columns, and pilasters of blue marble, surrounded by an Ionic entablature. The rest of the apartments are equally splendid, containing a number of portraits, and a well-furnished library.

The grounds occupy an area of about three miles in circumference, which includes the whole of the peninsula, formed by the Tamar on one side, and the open sea on the other, and connected by a very narrow isthmus to the main land.

The deer park is on the summit of the hill, and, besides the views described, the house commands extensive prospects southward, over Cawsand Bay and the Channel. The Eddistone Light House is also visible in the horizon. At the principal western entrance of the park stands the parish church of Maker, the views from the tower of which are nearly unparalelled for their variety and picturesque grandeur. The southern side of the hill is an abrupt rocky cliff, covered with every sort of ever-green tree and shrub, among which myrtles thrive with great luxuriance, and grow to an extraordinary size. A terrace, midway up the hill, runs through the midst of these plantations; and a walk, in a zigzag direction down the rocks, conducts to numerous points of view, exhibiting an extraordinary variety of romantic scenery, which is equally beautiful in all seasons of the year. The flower garden is at the bottom of the lawn, in front of the house, close to the water’s edge, which, being the narrowest part of the channel that forms the entrance to the harbour, ships of war of the first rate pass close to it. In this garden stands a block house, built for the defence of the port at the time of the expected invasion by the Spanish Armada, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth; and below it is a saluting battery of twenty-one guns. This garden is divided into French and English flower gardens, with a green-house, magnificent orangery, &c. The whole of these extensive, and eminently beautiful grounds, have been laid out under the directions of the several proprietors, without the assistance of a landscape gardener.

Mount Edgecumbe, Earl of, 122. (_see Mount Edgecumbe_)

=Mount Nod Farm=, 52.

=Mount Pleasant=, 13.

=Muntham=, 67, the seat of ---- Walker, Esq. A capacious mansion, surrounded by a pleasant park, once the residence of William Frankland, Esq. celebrated for his skill in mechanics and natural philosophy.

Murray, Col. 87. (_see Castle Malwood Cottage_)

Murrell, ---- Esq. 61.

N.

Neale, ---- Esq. 200. (_see Shaw House_)

Nelson, Earl, 209. (_see Standlinch House_)

=Nep Castle=, 65, the seat of Sir C. Burrell. This estate derives its name from the ruins of a castle, some small remains of which are still to be seen near the road.

=Neston=, 200.

Neville, Hon. G. 55. (_see Flower House_)

Newburgh, Earl of, 42, 216. (_see Slindon House_)

=New Hall=, 209.

Newland, ---- Esq. 95. (_see Rotherfield Park_)

Newnham, R. Esq. 58. (_see Maresfield Park_)

=New Park=, 199, the seat of Thomas Estcourt, Esq. The house is a modern building, situated on rising ground, thence commanding a beautiful and extensive view. In front of the house is a deer park, enriched by woods most naturally and beautifully disposed, on a surface offering every variety of shape and appearance, consequently presenting the most unbounded versatility of natural landscape.

=New Park=, 93.

=New Place=, 84.

=New Place=, 217.

=Newton Park=, 202.

=Norbury Farm=, 53.

=Norbury Park=, 62, the seat of ---- Lock, Esq. This seat, one of the most beautiful in the county, stands on a hill commanding extensive and delightful prospects. The sides of the principal rooms are painted with views of the romantic mountains and lakes in Cumberland and Westmoreland, which are so managed as to have the appearance of being a continuation of the surrounding scenery. The park is extensive, and agreeably diversified, embellished with plantations, &c. This park is remarkably famous for containing a great number of very fine walnut trees.

Norfolk, Duke of, 44, 65, 217. (_see Arundel Park and Hills Place_)

=Nork House=, 47.

Norman, ---- Esq. 16.

Norris, ---- Esq. 95. (_see Basing Park_)

=North Stoneham Park=, 79, 212, the seat of Mrs. Fleming. The mansion is an old building, seated rather low, but has been much improved and enlarged. The park is extensive, and well wooded; it abounds with deer; and at the upper end has a pleasant summer-house, from which the prospects are very fine.

Northumberland, Duke of, 70, 152. (_see Sion House and Worrington House_)

=Norton Hall=, 188.

O.

O’Brien, ---- Esq. 109. (_see Stinsford House_)

=Ockham Park=, 26.

=Offington House=, 67, 218, the seat of William Margason, Esq. is a low building of stone, plain in the front, with small wings. The grounds surrounding it are enclosed with a stone wall, and contain some good timber.

Ogle, Sir C. 77.

=Old Place=, 217.

=Old Warren Cottage=, 160.

Onslow, Mr. Serjeant, 26. (_see Send Grove_)

Onslow, Rev. C. W. 26. (_see Dunsboro’ House_)

Orkney, Lady, 176. The seat of this lady is an ancient building, which, from its situation on an eminence, commands a fine prospect of the Thames, and the adjacent country. The park, stored with rich woods, is rendered beautifully picturesque by its inequality of surface.

Orr, Capt. 209. (_see Brickworth_)

Osborne, Major, 210. (_see Milshall Park_)

=Osterley Park=, 70, the seat of the Earl of Jersey. The house is a magnificent structure, of a square form, having a tower at each outward angle. The ascent to the east front is by a grand flight of steps, to an open saloon, or portico, which leads to the principal door of the hall. The apartments are spacious, fitted up in the most sumptuous and costly manner, and contain a good collection of pictures. The park is about six miles in circumference; it abounds with wood, and its grounds are beautifully disposed, the effect being considerably heightened by a charming lake, which is inhabited by a great variety of water fowl. On the margin of this lake stands an elegant menagerie, containing a large collection of exotic and curious birds; and the scenery on its banks, from the variety and arrangement, give it an appearance beautifully picturesque.

=Ovington Place=, 84.

Oxenden, Sir H. 9. (_see Broom Park_)

P.

=Padworth House=, 179, the seat of R. Clark, Esq. This is a noble mansion, and from its situation, standing on elevated ground, commands many extensive and beautiful prospects. The house is well sheltered by wood, and the grounds have an easy slope to the meadows in the valley, through which the limpid Kennet winds its course, adding considerable beauty to the landscape, as seen in various points of view.

=Pains Hill=, 25, the seat of the Earl of Carhampton. These beautiful grounds were formed by the Hon. Charles Hamilton; a considerable part of which was taken from the barren heath. The south side is a bank above the river Mole, which runs at the foot of it. Availing himself of the inequalities of the land, his plantations were made, and buildings placed with the utmost judgment; a spacious piece of water was also formed, which, though considerably above the level of the river, is supplied from it by an ingenious, though simple contrivance. The present edifice is a handsome white building; the front, which is facing the river, is adorned in the centre with a pediment, supported by four columns, and bowed sides. The beauty and unexpected variety of the scene; the happy situation, elegant structure, and judicious form of the buildings; the flourishing state, uncommon diversity, and contrasted grouping of the trees, and the contrivance of the water, will not fail to excite the most agreeable sensations.

Palk, Sir Lawrence, 117. (_see Haldon House_)

Palk, W. Esq. 120. (_see Marley House_)

Palmer, ---- Esq. 177. (_see Holme Park_)

Palmerston, Lord, 86, 211, 220. (_see Broadlands Park_)

=Park House=, 160.

=Park Place=, 213.

Parker, ---- Esq. 117. (_see Whiteway_)

Parnell, ---- Esq. 188. (_see Woodbarrow House_)

=Paultons Park=, 86, the seat of Hans Sloane, Esq. The house stands in a rather secluded situation; but the park, embracing a circumference of about five miles, is beautifully wooded, and interspersed with spacious lawns.

=Pavilion, the=, 51, 60, 219, H. R. H. the Prince Regent. This mansion is fitted up with all the assistance of taste and art. It is situated near the north-west of the Steyne, =Brighton=, and was erected in 1784, having a handsome sea front, extending 200 feet, in the centre of which is a circular building, having a lofty dome raised on pillars, two wings were lately added to the fabric, which now renders its proportions complete. The interior is fitted up with the utmost magnificence, and the furniture is mostly Chinese. Towards the street the front forms a square, with a colonade in the centre, supported by columns, looking over a green, formerly the road. On the north side of what was formerly called the Promenade Grove, a magnificent building has been lately erected, in the centre of which is a lofty dome, fitted up as stabling for the Prince Regent’s stud. On the eastern side is a racket-court, on the west a riding house, and on the north coach houses and stabling for the coach and saddle horses, elegantly finished in the Chinese style.

Pearce, ---- Esq. 181. (_see Chilton Lodge_)

Pelham, J. Esq. 22. (_see Crowhurst Park_)

=Pelham Place=, 95.

Pembroke, Earl of, 136, 208. (_see Wilton House_)

Pender, Admiral, 185. (_see Harden Huish_)

Penn, J. Esq. 175. (_see Stoke Park_)

=Pennance=, 128.

Penruddock, J. H. Esq. 137. (_see Compton House_)

=Pepper Harrow House=, 27, the seat of Lord Viscount Middleton, stands in a beautiful park, through which runs the river Wey. The grounds, which are finely wooded, have been considerably enlarged and improved by its present noble possessor, who finished the mansion began by the late Lord, who died in 1765. It stands on a bank sloping to the river, sheltered on the north and east by elevated grounds, crowned with luxuriant plantations. The apartments are elegantly fitted up, and enriched with a valuable collection of pictures. The library contains a choice assemblage of the best authors. The conservatory is to the west of the house, fronting the south, near the bank which overlooks the river. The offices are most judiciously concealed by plantations.

Pepys, Sir Lucas, 63. (_see Juniper Hill_)

Peters, H. Esq. 63. (_see Beechworth Castle_)

=Petworth Park=, 38, the magnificent seat of the Earl of Egremont. The mansion stands close to the town of Petworth, the back front opening into the church-yard. It was erected on the site of the ancient house by the Duke of Somerset. The front of free stone, adorned with statues on the top, is singularly handsome, forming an uniform range, having twenty-one windows in each story. The interior arrangements are remarkable for magnificence and elegance, all the principal apartments being decorated with paintings, antique statues, and busts, many of which are of first-rate excellence.

The park is very extensive, the wall being upwards of twelve miles in circumference. In the front of the mansion is a sheet of water, formed with the springs collected from the neighbouring hills, from which, by a simple and ingenious contrivance, every part of the building is abundantly supplied, as well as the whole town of Petworth, with excellent water; this improvement was effected at an expense of £30,000. In case of fire, from the arrangement made in the mansion, an immediate and plentiful supply of water can be obtained, which, without the assistance of engines, may be thrown in profusion on any part of the building; and the Earl’s domestics occasionally practice throwing the water, in order to be expert in case of necessity. This park commands views picturesquely varied, extensive, and delightful, both in home scenery, and on the beautiful Downs of Sussex and Surrey; and it is also well stocked with game.

This noble seat is a beautiful specimen of those which combine the elegant with the useful; great improvements having been made therein, particularly that of enclosing the present deer park, which previously was an entire forest scene, overspread with bushes, furze, some timber, &c. Every part of the park has been drained in the most effectual manner, and the whole of it inclosed and divided into proper fields. It is thoroughly well stocked with Sussex, Devon, and Herefordshire cattle, and flocks of the South Down, Spanish, Leicester, and Romney breeds. Besides which, his lordship has imported the Calmuck and Astrakan breed, whose chief peculiarity is, that, instead of a tail, they have a large projection of fat, like marrow, of exquisite delicacy. His lordship has also the shawl goat of Thibet, from the fleece of which those beautiful manufactures of the east are fabricated.

Pickering, ---- Esq. 92. (_see Fox Lease_)

=Pickwick Lodge=, 186.

Pitt, W. M. Esq. 109. (_see Kingston House_)

=Place House=, 150.

=Plaistow Lodge=, 16.

=Plashet Place=, 59.

Pleydell, E. M. Esq. 108. (_see Whatcomb House_)

Pocock, ---- Esq. 16. (_see Holwood_)

Pocock, Lady, 176.

Pole, Sir W. 114. (_see Shute Park_)

Polhill, G. Esq. 17. (_see Chipstead Place_)

=Poltimore House=, 197.

Portall, W. Esq. 100. (_see Laverstock House_)

Porter, ---- Esq. 116. (_see Rockbere House_)

Portman, E. B. Esq. 107. (_see Brianston_)

Portsmouth, Earl of, 100. (_see Hurstbourn Park_)

=Portswood=, 79, 221, the seat of Lady Kingston. The house is a handsome building, which, from its situation on an eminence, commands fine views of the surrounding scenery, beautifully diversified with wooded meadows rising in the agreeable variety of hill and dale, among which the river Itchen, and the Southampton water, forming a spacious lake in the front of the mansion, are the most striking features. The pleasure grounds are laid out with great taste, and the shrubberies are extensive.

The house, externally, has an elegant appearance; and the interior is commodious, ornamented in a style of chaste simplicity, enriched with some fine paintings.

Powlett, G. Esq. 159. (_see Amport Park_)

=Priory, the=, 47, the seat of Lord Somers. This is a large house, formerly a priory, beautified with plantations, and a large sheet of water, and surrounded with hills, which render the prospect very romantic.

=Prospect Hill=, 178.

=Purbrook Park=, 32, 214, the seat of Lord Keith. The mansion is a handsome building, with detached wings and offices, advantageously situated in a spacious park.

=Purley House=, 53, 55.

Purvis, ---- Esq. 222. (_see Black Brook_)

R.

Radnor, Earl of, 209. (_see Longford Castle_)

=Randall House=, 62, the seat of ---- Bland, Esq. stands on the bank of the river Mole, in a pleasant park of about sixty acres.

Rashleigh, C. Esq. 127. (_see Duporth_)

Rawlinson, ---- Esq. 84. (_see New Place_)

Redhead, ---- Esq. 94. (_see Burton_)

=Redlynch House=, 173.

=Red Rice=, 101, the seat of Henry Errington, Esq. The house is delightfully embosomed in woods, surrounded by open downs.

=Restormel Castle=, 126. The mouldering ruins of this celebrated and once magnificent fortress, rearing its ivy-clad walls above the contiguous valleys, has a most picturesque and venerable appearance. It was once a royal residence, and afterwards long inhabited by the Earls of Cornwall, though now only tenanted by the owl, and similar inmates. The castle and honour of Restormel is annexed to the Duchy of Cornwall; but the mansion formerly connected with the estate, and still bearing the name of Restormel, is the property of Lord Mount Edgecumbe, and in the occupation of John Hext, Esq.

Rhode, Major, 16.

Richardson, Mrs. 67.

=Richings Lodge=, 175.

Richmond, Duke of, 36, 40, 216. (_see Goodwood and Halnaker House_)

=Richmond Park=, 24. This park was enclosed and planted by Charles the First, having purchased the rights of common on the wastes of the respective parishes to whom they belonged. The park contains 2,253 acres, enclosed with a brick wall. The rangership is in the hands of the King; and the Deputy Ranger is the Countess Dowager of Mansfield.

The new, or stone lodge, built by George the First, was given by his present Majesty, in 1802, for life, to Viscount Sidmouth, with sixty acres of land round it. The park also contains several other lodges.

Rich, Sir C. 220. (_see Grove Place_)

Ridge, G. Esq. 61. (_see Morden Park_)

Riversdale, Lord, 176.

=Roch Court=, 98.

=Rockbere House=, 116.

=Rocks, the=, 58.

=Rooksnest=, 55, the seat of ---- Wilkes, Esq. a handsome mansion, with about 150 acres of land, 140 of which are laid out as a park.

Roper, T. Esq. 1. (_see Lee Place_)

Rose, G. Esq. 92. (_see Cuffnells_)

=Rotherfield Park=, 95.

=Roundham House=, 220.

Rucker, ---- Esq. 23.

=Ruscombe House=, 177, the seat of ---- Cummings, Esq. This is an elegant modern building.

S.

St. John, ---- Esq. 99. (_see Ash Park_)

Saltonstall, Miss, 25. (_see Hatchford_)

=Saltram=, 122, the seat of Lord Boringdon. This mansion is said to be the largest in the county, covering an area 135 feet by 170. The principal suit of apartments is on the ground floor, which are elegantly fitted up, and adorned with an extensive and valuable collection of pictures; the upper apartments are also embellished with a number of fine drawings, by the most celebrated ancient masters, and many good portraits.

The grounds possess many singular attractions: an extensive diversity of landscape and massy wood, Plymouth Sound, the Town, Citadel, Mount Edgecumbe, the Sea, and Harbour, with its endless variety of amusement. The internal beauties of Saltram are also extremely numerous: a bold irregularity of surface characterises the grounds, and renders the variety unceasing. Myrtles are here seen flourishing all the year in the open air, and oranges and lemons are brought to maturity, and produce ripe and perfect fruit.

Sanderson, R. Esq. 53. (_see Norbury Farm_)

Sandford, ---- Esq. 193.

Sargent, J. Esq. 39. (_see Wool Lavington_)

=Savernake Lodge=, 182, a seat of the Earl of Aylesbury. A neat modern building, situated in the midst of the forest; it was erected as a residence for the present proprietor, when Lord Bruce. Savernake Forest is the only one in the kingdom belonging to a subject; it embraces an extent of ground about sixteen miles in circumference, including Tottenham Park, the family seat. The whole of which is richly wooded, among which are some remarkably fine oaks.

Sclater, ---- Esq. 99. (_see Tangier_)

Scotland, ---- Esq. 159. (_see Manor House_)

Scott, Sir W. 177. (_see Early Court_)

Selsey, Lord, 36. (_see Cannon House_)

=Send Grove=, 26.

Sergison, Rev. Mr. 50. (_see Cuckfield Place_)

Serle, ---- Esq. 211. (_see Chilworth House_)

=Shawford House=, 78.

=Shaw House=, 180, the seat of Sir Joseph Andrews. This is a large edifice, built with brick and stone, and is celebrated for having been the head quarters of Charles the First, at the time of the last battle of Newbury. In an oak wainscot in one of the rooms, is a hole, said to be occasioned by a musquet shot fired through one of the windows at the King, while standing near it. It is an ancient mansion, much enclosed by wood.

=Shaw House=, 200.

Shelly, Sir T. 218. (_see Castle Goring_)

=Sherborne Castle=, 140, the beautiful seat of Earl Digby, is a singular structure, both in external appearance, and the arrangement of the interior, having been erected at different periods, under different proprietors. The ground plan resembles the Roman letter H. The centre part, which is the most ancient, was built by Sir Walter Raleigh. The apartments contain several portraits, and a painting, representing the celebrated procession of Queen Elizabeth. The park, containing 340 acres, is finely wooded; and from the variety of its grounds, water, &c. is justly celebrated for its picturesque beauty.

=Sherfield House=, 210.

=Shillinglee Park=, 38.

=Shirley House=, 220.

=Shockerwick=, 186.

Shuldham, ---- Esq. 115. (_see Deer Park_)

=Shute Park=, 114.

=Sion Hill=, 70, an elegant little villa belonging to the Duke of Marlborough. The house is a handsome building, and the grounds pleasant and well wooded.