. Quiet roads and sleepy villages. e, stone mullions and finely-moulded chimney-stacks being by the River Lea has to be forded, and theproximity of the stream gives the old house par-ticular charm. It has long been used as a farm,as a peep into the spacious court-yard will principal E-shaped side faces east, like somany of the mansions of our ancestors, showingthat the west wind was not always in favour. Theinterior of the house, though somewhat rugged andbare, has many points of interest, especially agreat oak staircase occupying more than its shareof space. One en
. Quiet roads and sleepy villages. e, stone mullions and finely-moulded chimney-stacks being by the River Lea has to be forded, and theproximity of the stream gives the old house par-ticular charm. It has long been used as a farm,as a peep into the spacious court-yard will principal E-shaped side faces east, like somany of the mansions of our ancestors, showingthat the west wind was not always in favour. Theinterior of the house, though somewhat rugged andbare, has many points of interest, especially agreat oak staircase occupying more than its shareof space. One encounters the usual blocked^updoorways and mullioned windows revealing thegreater comforts required by the more humblesuccessors to the Jennings. \ Though built by a Jennings, it was not bySarahs father, Richard. The association of thehouse with the spirited duchess gives it, of course,additional interest. Nor can her no less hand-some sister Frances be left outside. If theirmother is said to have been too worldly wise, she 16 m It. Wa I Kk Endquietroadssleepy00feaa
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