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Title: The Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics
Year: 1809 (1800s)
Authors: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834
Subjects: Fashion Art, Decorative
Publisher: London : Published by R. Ackermann ... Sherwood & Co. and Walker & Co. ... and Simpkin & Marshall ...
Contributing Library: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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XLI. 26. View of East-Cowes Castle 249
27.— Enmore Castle . 255
28. Ladie's Morning Dress . 304
29. Ball Dress . .. . ib.
30. Gothic Chairs .... 305
31. Muslins Patterns.

XL1I. 32. View of Northcourt 311
33. Port-Eliot . . . 312
34. Ladies' Dinner Dress . . 360
35. — Ball Dress . . . ib.
36. Gothic Window-curtains . 367
37. Muslin Pattern.

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J. Gendall del.

NORTHCOURT
THE SEAT OF M^RS. BENNETT

THE
REPOSITORY
OF
ARTS, LITERATURE, FASHIONS,
Manufactures, &c.

THE THIRD SERIES.
Vol. VII. June 1, 1826. N°XLII.

VIEWS OF COUNTRY SEATS.
NORTHCOURT, ISLE OF WIGHT, THE RESIDENCE OF MRS. BENNNET.

NORTHCOURT is situated in the
very delightful little village of Shor-
well, sequestered in a valley, five miles
and a half from Newport. This
stone mansion of the age of James I.
was begun by Sir John Leigh, Bart.
who dying in 1629, at an advanced
age, left the completion of his de-
sign to his son Barnaby Leigh, Esq.
after which it underwent some alter-
ations and repairs by Barnaby Eve-
leigh Leigh, Esq. It is a curious,
large, and remarkable mansion, with
the exception of some late alterations,
possessing al the characters of the
age in which it was built, and of
which it is a fine specimen, as is
shewn by our engraving, which is a
view of the garden-front in its unal-
tered state. The venerable aspect
of the north front was destroyed by
the alterations of Barnaby Eveleigh
Vol. VII. No. XLII.
Leigh, Esq. who introduced sash-
windows, and otherwise altered that
part of the edifice.
The mansion stands on a green
slope, with flower-gardens ascending
to the brow of the hill immediately
in the rear. The whole is rich in
wood, and, in spite of its luxuriance,
still retains a strong feeling of its
original quaint plan. Several pleasing
embellishments grace the grounds:
a modern conservatory is by no

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