A visitation of the seats and arms of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland . hem it passed through the Savilesand Finches to the present family of Fuller-ton. The old hall of the Reresbys waspulled down by Colonel Fullerton, and thenew edifice erected in the Gothic style ofarchitectiu-e. PULL COTTRT, Worcestershire, about twomiles and a-half from Tewkesbury, the seatof William Dowdeswell, Esq. At one time the manor ol Pulle belongedto the crown, from whom it passed to theAbbey of Tewkesbiuy. Upon the dissolutionof monasteries it once more reverted to thecrown, and subsequent
A visitation of the seats and arms of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland . hem it passed through the Savilesand Finches to the present family of Fuller-ton. The old hall of the Reresbys waspulled down by Colonel Fullerton, and thenew edifice erected in the Gothic style ofarchitectiu-e. PULL COTTRT, Worcestershire, about twomiles and a-half from Tewkesbury, the seatof William Dowdeswell, Esq. At one time the manor ol Pulle belongedto the crown, from whom it passed to theAbbey of Tewkesbiuy. Upon the dissolutionof monasteries it once more reverted to thecrown, and subsequently became the propertyof Sir William Chyld, who sold it to Sir JohnRous. By the last-named owner it was againdisposed of to Roger Dowdeswell, Esq. An old house stood here, erected by RogerDowdeswell, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth;but this was jiullod down and rebuilt in 1838,by the Rev. Dr. Dowdeswell, late canon ofChrist Clun-ch, Oxford. It is in the Eliza-bethan style of architcctin-e, from the designsof Blore, and contains a good library, withsome lino pictui-es. The pleasiu-e-gi-ounds. SEATS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 123 and i)lantations are extensive and picturesque,exliibitiug the peculiar taste of tlie celebratedLauucelot Brown, better known imder thesoubriquet of CapahiVity Brown. In front of the mansion is a magnificentpark, that slopes fi-om it with a gentle descent,and affords a beautiful prospect from theterrace. Here it was that the WorcesterArchery Society held their gathering. Eushley Chm-ch, in which parish Pall-Comt stands, was rebuilt and endowed byDr. Dowdeswell. MONZIE CASTLE, Perthshii-e, three mUesnorth of Crieff, the seat of Alexander Camp-bell, Esq., the son and heir of the late Alexander CampbeU. Monzie House is a stately pUe, embosomedamongst trees of the largest giowth, andbelrind it are the five oldest large trees inScotland, planted the night before those mDunkeld, which have been generally, buterroneously, considered to be the
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