. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . 267 268 Compton TKH\m\?ates Fortunately its day has now come again, and its late ownershave repaired it with taste and care. Charles, third Marquis, in1807 employed Sir Digby Wyatt to rebuild the great staircase; and the Tudor win-dows that had beenaltered in QueenAnnes time were re-stored from his owndrawings ; also theHall screen, whichhad been paintedwhite, was cleanedand repaired amongmany necessary re-storations. The lateMarquis built a newhome for the tenant,and so recovered theuse of the wholehouse. It is now thesummer residence o
. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . 267 268 Compton TKH\m\?ates Fortunately its day has now come again, and its late ownershave repaired it with taste and care. Charles, third Marquis, in1807 employed Sir Digby Wyatt to rebuild the great staircase; and the Tudor win-dows that had beenaltered in QueenAnnes time were re-stored from his owndrawings ; also theHall screen, whichhad been paintedwhite, was cleanedand repaired amongmany necessary re-storations. The lateMarquis built a newhome for the tenant,and so recovered theuse of the wholehouse. It is now thesummer residence ofthe present Lord and. THE PORCH FROM INSIDE OF THE COURT Lady Northampton,who have laid out the garden to match the old place ; andsoon the yew hedges and parterres of roses and gilly-flowerswill appear as though they have had an uninterrupted existencefrom the days of hoops and periwigs. The lawn, where oncethe moat flowed, intervenes between the garden and thesouth side of the house, where the Chapel window is the centralfeature ; and creepers climb round the Drawing-room windowsand up the towers, the bright green of their leaves bringing outthe warm tones of the crimson brickwork. The highest gable in
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