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Title: More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Malan, Alfred Henry, comp
Subjects: Historic buildings Country homes Dwellings
Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam's sons, London, The Pall Mall magazine
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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THE PORCH FROM INSIDE OF THE COURT Lady Northampton,who have laid out the garden to match the old place ; andsoon the yew hedges and parterres of roses and gilly-flowerswill appear as though they have had an uninterrupted existencefrom the days of hoops and periwigs. The lawn, where oncethe moat flowed, intervenes between the garden and thesouth side of the house, where the Chapel window is the centralfeature ; and creepers climb round the Drawing-room windowsand up the towers, the bright green of their leaves bringing outthe warm tones of the crimson brickwork. The highest gable in
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INTERIOR OF THE COURT, COMPTON WYNYATES, SHOWING THETWISTED CHIMNEYS 269 Compton TKa^n^atcs 271 this front is that of the Roman Catholic Chapel. One of itswindows looks out on the parapet, and beneath, facing west, isthe four-light one of the Guard-room. Many of the smallerwindows in various parts of the house indicate the position ofstaircases, of queer little rooms or cupboards. Most old housescontain these recesses, but the number of both them and thestaircases at Compton is unusual and remarkable. Facing west is the entrance front: the two gables, with theircarved black barge-boards, are of different heights, and at differ-ent distances from the entrance porch ; that on the right con-tained the officers quarters of olden days. The Porch is of theearliest date of the house, and, both inside and out, is a mostattractive feature. Over the arch are the arms of Henry VIII.,supported by a dragon on the dexter and a greyhound on thesinister side, and surmounted by a crown, on which is in

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