. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . and others —butthey would take too long to enumerate. Had a guest bookbeen kept it would be a history in itself; but, until latterly, thishas unfortunately not been done. When, further, we think ofthe many naval and military officers who have passed throughthe doors of the house since the days of Sir Francis Drake, and flDount j£t>3cumbe 173 of the fact that the grounds have always been thrown open tothe public on one day in the week, we may certainly say thatMount Edgcumbe must be among the best-known country placesin England. Cremyl
. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . and others —butthey would take too long to enumerate. Had a guest bookbeen kept it would be a history in itself; but, until latterly, thishas unfortunately not been done. When, further, we think ofthe many naval and military officers who have passed throughthe doors of the house since the days of Sir Francis Drake, and flDount j£t>3cumbe 173 of the fact that the grounds have always been thrown open tothe public on one day in the week, we may certainly say thatMount Edgcumbe must be among the best-known country placesin England. Cremyll Passage, to which we must now return, can be veryrough indeed, and many of the illustrious visitors of former daysmust have thought their enjoyment dearly bought by their suffer-ings in an open boat in wet and stormy weather. Perhaps nowthe departing guest may consider that the comfortable steamlaunch which conveys him across compensates him for the obso-lete honour of a salute from the Mount Edgcumbe GardenBattery on going off. Milton Ibouse 175. WILTON HOUSE, THE ENTRANCE GATES WILTON HOUSE BY THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE WILTON HOUSE stands upon the site of the old Abbey,which, with the surrounding estates, was granted byHenry VIII., soon after the dissolution of the monas-teries in 1539, to William, first Earl of Pembroke. The Abbeyhaving been pulled down, the house was rebuilt and completedduring the reign of Edward VI. from the designs of Hans this building only the centre of the east front remains, thegreater portion having been destroyed, presumably, by the tirewhich took place during the life of Philip, fourth Earl. Thisnobleman rebuilt the house from designs by Inigo Jones, who,being ill at the time, deputed Solomon (or Isaac) de Caux toexecute the work. The south front, and all the east front,except the centre portion of Holbeins design, now stand as a monument of Inigo Joness work. 177 178 Milton Ibouse At the end of the last century the north and west f
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