Views of the seats of noblemen and gentlemen, in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland . Coft tall, Cheshire; THE SEAT OF RALPH LEYCESTER, ESQ., M. P. The Leycesters of Toft Hall deduce their origin from one common an-cestor with the Leycesters of Tabley. The View which accompaniesthis description, affords a faithful sketch of the Mansion, which hasdescended in an uninterrupted male line to the present proprietor fromthe time of the fifteenth century. Toft Hall stands about a mile to the south of Knutsford, at the extre-mity of a noble and spacious avenue of ancient elms. The principal frontco
Views of the seats of noblemen and gentlemen, in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland . Coft tall, Cheshire; THE SEAT OF RALPH LEYCESTER, ESQ., M. P. The Leycesters of Toft Hall deduce their origin from one common an-cestor with the Leycesters of Tabley. The View which accompaniesthis description, affords a faithful sketch of the Mansion, which hasdescended in an uninterrupted male line to the present proprietor fromthe time of the fifteenth century. Toft Hall stands about a mile to the south of Knutsford, at the extre-mity of a noble and spacious avenue of ancient elms. The principal frontconsists of two stories with attics, and wings terminating in the centre of the Mansion rises a square tower of four stories;there is likewise a corresponding turret in the other front. Originallythe Mansion presented a face of brick, but a few years ago the wholebuilding was stuccoed, without however trenching in any degree uponits original form. At the rear of the house the ground gradually slopesto the great Vale of Cheshire, over which there is a grand and extensivepros
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