. The baronial halls, picturesque edifices, and ancient churches of England. WEST STOW HALL, SUFFOLK •s. WEST STOW HALL, SUFFOLK. ):H> tP: i^^-y ITHIN f°ur miles—north-west—of the venerable town of Bury *s^ -. - Edmunds, the traveller may notice, not for from the road-side. miff a. the turrets of an ancient House, now decayed, but which, in theS palmy age of England, was classed among the stateliest of its w stately Homes. Unless attention is directed to it, however,it will attract no passers-by; for very humble are now thepretensions of the Palace-Hall, in which resided Charles Br
. The baronial halls, picturesque edifices, and ancient churches of England. WEST STOW HALL, SUFFOLK •s. WEST STOW HALL, SUFFOLK. ):H> tP: i^^-y ITHIN f°ur miles—north-west—of the venerable town of Bury *s^ -. - Edmunds, the traveller may notice, not for from the road-side. miff a. the turrets of an ancient House, now decayed, but which, in theS palmy age of England, was classed among the stateliest of its w stately Homes. Unless attention is directed to it, however,it will attract no passers-by; for very humble are now thepretensions of the Palace-Hall, in which resided Charles Bran-don, Duke of Suffolk, and his Royal wife, the youngest daughterof Henry VII., sister to Henry VIII., and widow of Louis XII., King of France. The Old Hall is situated in the very centre of a host of picturesque antiquities; inall directions around it exist objects of exceeding interest,—as relics of the olden timeand imperishable illustrations of British History. It would be difficult to find in thekingdom so many remains of architectural splendour within a circuit of four or five contains the most interesting of our monastic ruins. Among them are those ofthe famous Norman Tower (still comparatively unimpaired), erected in the reign ofthe Conqueror, as the Grand Portal
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