. Historic fields and mansions of Middlesex. CAMBRIDGE COMMON AND LANDMARKS. 285. The house, now the residence of Samuel Batchelder, Esq.,?was built about 1700, and may claim the respect due to a hale,hearty old age. It was originally of rough-cast, filled in withbrick. The east front, unfortunately injured by fire, was re-stored to its ancient aspect, except that the dormer windowsof that part have not been replaced. The brown old mansionincloses three sides of a square, andoffers a much more picturesque viewfrom the gardens than from thestreet. On the west is the court-yard and carriage entr
. Historic fields and mansions of Middlesex. CAMBRIDGE COMMON AND LANDMARKS. 285. The house, now the residence of Samuel Batchelder, Esq.,?was built about 1700, and may claim the respect due to a hale,hearty old age. It was originally of rough-cast, filled in withbrick. The east front, unfortunately injured by fire, was re-stored to its ancient aspect, except that the dormer windowsof that part have not been replaced. The brown old mansionincloses three sides of a square, andoffers a much more picturesque viewfrom the gardens than from thestreet. On the west is the court-yard and carriage entrance, pavedwith beach pebbles, while the eastfront opens u^^on the spaciousgrounds, now somewhat shrunkenon the side of the highway by itsenlargement. During this improve-ment the low brick wall on BrattleStreet, as it now appears on AshStreet, was taken down, and replaced • by one more elegant. The recessed area at the back has a cool,monastic look, with shade and climbing vines, — a place for meditative fancies. The gardenis thickly studded with trees,shrubbery, and fl
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