. Studies in Ruskin: some aspects of the work and teaching of John Ruskin. i,.;i!fli:\..,. .. .il*II THE ST. Georges guild and museum. 159 complete set of living rooms for the is solid, dr^-, quiet, and well removed fromsmoke and dirt. Close to the hall is its fineold garden, enclosed in red brick walls, andstocked with an abundance of flowers, fruit,and vegetables. Nor were these the only features which seemedto mark out Meersbrook Park as the idealhome for the Museum of the St. Georges not the Master write hopefully of a cloistralinn, holy tavern, or other ideal hostelr
. Studies in Ruskin: some aspects of the work and teaching of John Ruskin. i,.;i!fli:\..,. .. .il*II THE ST. Georges guild and museum. 159 complete set of living rooms for the is solid, dr^-, quiet, and well removed fromsmoke and dirt. Close to the hall is its fineold garden, enclosed in red brick walls, andstocked with an abundance of flowers, fruit,and vegetables. Nor were these the only features which seemedto mark out Meersbrook Park as the idealhome for the Museum of the St. Georges not the Master write hopefully of a cloistralinn, holy tavern, or other ideal hostelry which(with a no less ideal hostess) was to form partof the Museum ? Here, then, is the hope real-ized, for at the end of a little woodland pathis a beautiful open-timbered house, dating backto the early part of the fifteenth eentury. Twobishops were born there, and the old buildingis known still as the Bishops House. I do notpresume to judge of the requirements of acloistral inn, but the old house seems well fittedto comfortably lodge students and visitors. Thistime t
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