. The baronial halls, picturesque edifices, and ancient churches of England. ives,chiefly, from four large Bay Windows, withprojecting cornices and embattled para-pets ; Gables profusely ornamented withrichly wrought finials; and a multiplicityof Chimneys similarly enriched, with reti-culated and indented mouldings. Thestructure is quadrangular. The Court-yard, with its several dependent buildings,has been restored with remarkably goodtaste and imposing effect. The EasternEntrance to these buildings is here pic-tured. Crossing this Court, the Hall is reached*; the State Apartments are limitedt
. The baronial halls, picturesque edifices, and ancient churches of England. ives,chiefly, from four large Bay Windows, withprojecting cornices and embattled para-pets ; Gables profusely ornamented withrichly wrought finials; and a multiplicityof Chimneys similarly enriched, with reti-culated and indented mouldings. Thestructure is quadrangular. The Court-yard, with its several dependent buildings,has been restored with remarkably goodtaste and imposing effect. The EasternEntrance to these buildings is here pic-tured. Crossing this Court, the Hall is reached*; the State Apartments are limitedto the Western Front. They have been arranged with greater care to comfort thanto Baronial grandeur; due attention has been paid, however, to the furnishing, andthe taste of the Tudor age harmoniously prevails throughout the Mansion. Untilvery lately, the Hall had been completely deserted by the family, and was rapidlyfalling to decay. When it became the residence of the present proprietor, it wascompletely renovated; the Garden or West Front, which had become * Over the entrance of the Porch leading to the Great Hallfrom the Court Yard, is a shield cut in stone, with theseseven quarterings :— 1. Tollemache, Argent, a Frett Sable. 2. Joyce . Argent on a Chevron Gules, 3 escallops, Or. 3. Joyce 4. Or, a Lion rampant, Azure armed Gules, a Fesse between 3 buckles, Or. 5. Visdeliea . Argent, 3 Wolves heads, couped Gules. 6. Curzon . Ermine a bend cheeky, Argent and Sable. 7. Peche . Argent, a Fesse between 2 Chevrons Gules. HELMINGHAM HALL. having been entirely rebuilt. The Hall and several of the Apartments are adornedwith Portraits of the ancient and noble Family; among them are some fine paintingsby Lely, Kneller, and Reynolds. A relic of exceeding interest is contained in one of the rooms. It is the Lute whichQueen Elizabeth presented to an infant scionof the House, to whom her Majesty stoodGodmother. It has the date,—1580,—andthe inscription, Cymbalu
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