The graphic and historical illustrator; an original miscellany of literary, antiquarian, and topographical information, embellished with one hundred and fifty woodcuts . ROUSHAM HOUSE, Iousham, in the parish of Steeple Barton, andmndred of Wooton, Oxfordshire, was for several:enturies the seat of the Dormers, and it continuedn their possession until the decease of Generalapril 19, 1834. Dormer, in the vear 1750. That gentleman be-queathed the mansion and estates to his cousin, SirClement Cottrell, knight, (Master of the Ceremoniesto George II.) who annexed the name of Dormer to c
The graphic and historical illustrator; an original miscellany of literary, antiquarian, and topographical information, embellished with one hundred and fifty woodcuts . ROUSHAM HOUSE, Iousham, in the parish of Steeple Barton, andmndred of Wooton, Oxfordshire, was for several:enturies the seat of the Dormers, and it continuedn their possession until the decease of Generalapril 19, 1834. Dormer, in the vear 1750. That gentleman be-queathed the mansion and estates to his cousin, SirClement Cottrell, knight, (Master of the Ceremoniesto George II.) who annexed the name of Dormer to c c 386 THE GRAPHIC AND HISTORICAL ILLUSTRATOR. his own, and in whose family this property has eversince remained. Rousham is now the residence ofLady Cottrell Dormer. The situation is extremelyfine ; and the grounds, which were laid out by Kent,during the life-time of General Dormer, afford avariety of picturesque and pleasant views. The mansion was erected by the Dormers in thereign of Queen Elizabeth, but a few alterations weremade at subsequent periods. Its present aspect willbe fully comprehended from the annexed view, whichhas been executed from a drawing obligingly com-municated by Mr.
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