. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . e be wanted to be wretched in, then youmight wend your way to the pyramidal mausoleum, circum-scribed by darkest spruces and a forbidding fence ; of sombre anddepressing aspect, and shunned by all things living, except, itmay be, one or two of those long-eared owls which delight indensest shade. It is the resting-place of the departed John, Earlof Buckinghamshire : far indeed from ones idea of a beautifulburial-place, such as (to give an example) the Tomnahurich cem-etery at Inverness. Let us attack the house from the Porch. The curious
. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . e be wanted to be wretched in, then youmight wend your way to the pyramidal mausoleum, circum-scribed by darkest spruces and a forbidding fence ; of sombre anddepressing aspect, and shunned by all things living, except, itmay be, one or two of those long-eared owls which delight indensest shade. It is the resting-place of the departed John, Earlof Buckinghamshire : far indeed from ones idea of a beautifulburial-place, such as (to give an example) the Tomnahurich cem-etery at Inverness. Let us attack the house from the Porch. The curious brickfabric, built as it was by a Hobart, is thought to be in the formof an H : no unreasonable supposition, if the end-pieces be con-nected, and the letter formed of such solid type as to leave littlespace (the courts) on either side of the central span. The arch-way passed, the first small court crossed, and the Hall entered,on the right lies the Dining-room, panelled and over-mantelled inchestnut, but not calling for further description than that it. 15 i6 BlicfclinQ Iball contains a good fireplace, surmounted by arms. Next, the Break-fast-room, where, as in the other sitting-rooms, are several of thewater-colour sketches of the late Lady Waterford, aunt to thelady of the house. These are recognised by a peculiar boldnessof touch and outline, and comprise a variety of artist evidently used to advantage the abundance of time ather disposal, at Curraghmore, while her lord, the third Marquis,was engaged in his everlasting hunting. Possessed of a powerof expressing her ideas in a few masterly strokes, her sketches(like these articles on historic houses) are thoughts and impres-sions, rather than finished pictures. No body-colour is seen inany of her work. The Morning-room, next door, has a highly finished ceiling;also a stone chimneypiece originally forming the arch of a win-dow at Caistor Castle, the residence of that reputed craven,Sir John Fastolfe, who, a
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