Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . foff. \\frm t \f-r mellowed and blended brick and stone into colouring of suchwonderful harmony that the artist is driven to desperation, andseeks in vain in his paint-box to reproduce what nature and timehave combined to make so perfect. Would you know more of this very perfect specimen of anElizabethan mansion in the heart ot the Midlands, and not fivemiles from Birmingham, that city of teeming, toiling thousands ?Then step inside these gates with me, and let me try to bringit before you in all its perfection. On either side of the gate
Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . foff. \\frm t \f-r mellowed and blended brick and stone into colouring of suchwonderful harmony that the artist is driven to desperation, andseeks in vain in his paint-box to reproduce what nature and timehave combined to make so perfect. Would you know more of this very perfect specimen of anElizabethan mansion in the heart ot the Midlands, and not fivemiles from Birmingham, that city of teeming, toiling thousands ?Then step inside these gates with me, and let me try to bringit before you in all its perfection. On either side of the gates are stone lions,at a distance ofeight or ten yardsaway —as it wereguarding them. This, themain entrance,faces nearly duesouth; and thefirst thing wesee, on enteringthe approach, is an ancient sun-dial in the centre of a grassplot; but we hardly glance at this as we pass on to the house,which claims all our attention. We gaze and gaze at the porch,with its twisted columns of grey stone ; the coat of arms andmonogram of Sir John Bridgeman above in reddish
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