. Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States, and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824 [microform] : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc. for cabinets of natural history. Zoology; Zoologie. m HKKJHAPIIV. front of the house is, strange to say, the worst part of it, being a flat, smootli, stone wall, with three rows of ohlong windows, eight in a row. The only speciinerl of architec- ture which could approach it in this respect is a work- house of the same date, those of modem times being infinitely superior in architectur
. Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States, and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824 [microform] : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc. for cabinets of natural history. Zoology; Zoologie. m HKKJHAPIIV. front of the house is, strange to say, the worst part of it, being a flat, smootli, stone wall, with three rows of ohlong windows, eight in a row. The only speciinerl of architec- ture which could approach it in this respect is a work- house of the same date, those of modem times being infinitely superior in architectural effect. Why the grand old house should have been pulled down to make way for such an edifice is ([uite inexplicable. i P?r! â >^t: -=te3. \V\(lN II Ml., V\ti'\\ llli: ,- (i I Thi: old honsc. Very few houses will be found with an oak-panelled hall ninety feet in length. Yet all this was destroyed ; part of the oak panelling was used in l)uilding a pigeon-house, and the rest was burned. Such was the stale of architecture in the days " when George the Third was ; Unfortunately, no paintings or engravings of this most memorable house are in existence, though there are in- numerable plates of the "Seats of the Nobility and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865. London : Macmillan
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