. Vanishing England . ghty years ago. The great hall isused as a cider store, the wainscoting has been ruthlesslyremoved, and there have even been recent suggestions olmoving the whole structure across England and re-erect-ing it in a strange county. It has several times changedhands in recent years, and under these circumstances it isnot surprising that but little has been done to ensure thepreservation of what is indeed an architectural gem. Butthe walls are in excellent condition and the roofs fairly 1 Country Life, September 17th, 1904. OLD MANSIONS 191 sound. The National Trust, like an a
. Vanishing England . ghty years ago. The great hall isused as a cider store, the wainscoting has been ruthlesslyremoved, and there have even been recent suggestions olmoving the whole structure across England and re-erect-ing it in a strange county. It has several times changedhands in recent years, and under these circumstances it isnot surprising that but little has been done to ensure thepreservation of what is indeed an architectural gem. Butthe walls are in excellent condition and the roofs fairly 1 Country Life, September 17th, 1904. OLD MANSIONS 191 sound. The National Trust, like an angel of mercy, hasspread its protecting wings over the building ; friendshave been found to succour the Court in its old age ; andthere is every reason to hope that its evil days are past,and that it may remain standing for many generations. The wealth of treasure to be found in many countryhouses is indeed enormous. In Holinsheds Chronicle ofEnglande, Scotlande and Irelande, published in 1577, wmmmmmmmmnmmmmaumuKmmmm. Tudor Dresser Table, in the possession of Sir Alfred Dryden,Canons Ashby, Northants there is a chapter on the maner of buyldingand furnitureof our Houses, wherein is recorded the costliness of thestores of plate and tapestry that were found in the dwell-ings of nobility and gentry and also in farm-houses, andeven in the homes of inferior artificers. Verily thespoils of the monasteries and churches must have beenfairly evenly divided. These are his words :— The furniture of our houses also exceedeth, and isgrowne in maner even to passing delicacie ; and herein Ido not speake of the nobilitie and gentrie onely, but even 192 VANISHING ENGLAND of the lowest sorte that have anything to take to. Certesin noble mens houses it is not rare to see abundance ofarray, riche hangings of tapestry, silver vessell, and somuch other plate as may furnish sundrie cupbordes tothe summe ofte times of a thousand or two thousandpounde at the leaste ; wherby the value of this and ther
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