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[Illustration]
SURVEY
OF
THE HIGH ROADS
OF
England and Wales.
PART THE FIRST.
COMPRISING THE COUNTIES OF
KENT, SURREY, SUSSEX, HANTS, WILTS, DORSET, SOMERSET,
DEVON, AND CORNWALL;
WITH
PART OF BUCKINGHAM AND MIDDLESEX.
_PLANNED ON A SCALE OF ONE INCH TO A MILE._
EXHIBITING AT ONE VIEW
THE SEATS OF THE NOBILITY AND GENTRY,
WHETHER SITUATED ON, OR CONTIGUOUS TO, THE ROAD.
The various Branches of Roads and Towns to which they lead.
TOGETHER WITH
THE ACTUAL DISTANCE OF THE SAME FROM THE MAIN ROAD, RIVERS, NAVIGABLE
CANALS, RAILWAYS, TURNPIKE GATES, &c. &c.
ACCOMPANIED BY
INDEXES,
_TOPOGRAPHIC AND DESCRIPTIVE_.
THE WHOLE
ENRICHED WITH A VARIETY OF VALUABLE AND ORIGINAL INFORMATION.
ARRANGED BY, AND UNDER THE DIRECTION OF,
EDWARD MOGG.
_LONDON:_
PUBLISHED BY EDWARD MOGG, No. 51, CHARING CROSS.
1817.
TO
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
THE PRINCE REGENT.
=Sir=,
Your Royal Highness having graciously condescended to extend your august
patronage and protection to this work, I cannot present it to the
public, without testifying how deeply sensible I am of this most
gracious mark of your Royal Highness’s approbation.
I am perfectly aware that no merit of the performance can give it
pretensions to so exalted a patronage; yet to whom can this publication
with so much propriety be addressed, as to that illustrious and
magnanimous Prince, who, by his wisdom and councils, during the most
arduous contest in which any nation was ever engaged, preserved us in
the quiet enjoyment of that land, and, under whose auspicious guidance
and government, has been raised to the highest pinnacle of glory that
country, the topography and picturesque beauties of which it is the
principal design of the following pages to illustrate.
That your Royal Highness may long live to be the ornament of society,
the delight and boast of a grateful and admiring nation, is the ardent
wish of,
Sir,
Your Royal Highness’s
most grateful,
most dutiful,
and most devoted servant,
EDWARD MOGG.
ADVERTISEMENT.
In presenting to the Public the first part of this comprehensive work,
embracing the southern division of the Kingdom, the Proprietor indulges
a hope, that while conveying information, he will be found in some
degree to have contributed to the amusement of the traveller.
The gratification derived from an excursion of pleasure does not always
terminate with its performance, but is often produced by reflections
which naturally arise on a subsequent review of past occurrences or
remarkable objects; and which the peculiar construction of this work is
eminently calculated to assist.
In contemplating a new Road, we feel enlivened by anticipation; in the
recollection of an old one, we are led to reflections that equally
interest; and a recurrence to these pages will immediately present to
the reader’s imagination the identical spot, or well known inn, which
from a variety of incidents that occur in the prosecution of a journey,
whether the remembrance be attended with pleasure or accompanied by a
feeling of regret, never fail to leave an indelible impression on the
mind.
It has been justly remarked by an eminent Geographer[1], that the Rivers
of England have never yet been delineated; the same observation may be
applied with equal truth, though still greater regret, with respect to
its Roads, which (on a large scale) yet remain to be illustrated; how
far the present work is likely to succeed in supplying the latter
deficiency, it will remain for the public to decide. It is an object the
Proprietor has long had in contemplation, and has thence been brought to
greater perfection from an attentive observation of circumstances
peculiarly connected with the subject, both in regard to the alteration
of old, and the formation of new Roads, which, by avoiding hills and
shortening distance, will be found to afford such facilities to
travelling as are alone to be experienced on this island: accurately to
delineate improvements so extensive, and which will in vain be sought in
any other publication, are the pages of this work devoted.
[1] Pinkerton.
To comment on the superiority of the method of delineation here adopted
were superfluous at the present time, when the Proprietor’s pretensions
may be decided by comparison with the performances of predecessors in a
similar course, and when indeed he feels confident of having thus far
accomplished an undertaking, which, whether as referring to originality
or execution, is considerably more entitled to attention than any known
production of its kind; combining means so ample and illustrative, the
Traveller is in possession of information nearly equal to a bird’s-eye
view of the country. The Seats of the Nobility and Gentry are faithfully
described, the names of their several Proprietors have been carefully
attended to, and the arrangement of the whole so constructed as to
render the work at once clear and comprehensive. Simplicity, joined to a
strict accuracy, has been his chief aim, and he is unconscious of having
omitted any thing which could have contributed to render the whole
complete.
TABLE OF ROUTES.
To simplify as much as possible, and to facilitate the understanding of
this work, the following =Table of Routes= is given; describing the page
at which the commencement of each Road will be found, and which, where
the same is not continued in a regular succession, will conduct, by
reference to the pages, the eye of the reader with the most perfect ease
to every place of consequence contained in the work.
LONDON to DOVER,--_pages_ 1 _to_ 10.
LONDON to MARGATE,--_pages_ 1 _to_ 8, _to_ =Canterbury=; thence to
Margate, _pages_ 11 _and_ 12.
LONDON to RAMSGATE,--_pages_ 1 _to_ 8, _to_ =Canterbury=; thence to
=Monkton=, where the Road turns off, _pages_ 11 _and_ 12; thence to
=Ramsgate=, _page_ 13.
LONDON to HASTINGS,--_pages_ 15 _to_ 22.
LONDON to CANTERBURY,--_pages_ 1 _to_ 8.
LONDON to TUNBRIDGE WELLS,--_pages_ 15 _to_ 18, _to_ =Tunbridge=;
thence to =Tunbridge Wells=, _page_ 14.
LONDON to PORTSMOUTH,--_pages_ 23 _to_ 32.
LONDON to CHICHESTER, by =Midhurst=,--_pages_ 23 _to_ 27, _to_
=Milford=; thence to =Chichester=, _pages_ 33 _to_ 36.
LONDON to CHICHESTER, by =Petworth=,--_pages_ 23 _to_ 27, _to_
=Milford=; thence to =Chichester=, _pages_ 37 _to_ 40.
LONDON to BOGNOR, by =Chichester=, (_to_ =Chichester= _as
above_)--thence to =Bognor=, _page_ 41.
LONDON to BOGNOR, by =Eartham=,--_to_ =Milford=, _pages_ 23 _to_ 27;
thence to =Benges Wood=, where the Road divides, _pages_ 37 _to_ 40;
thence to =Bognor=, by =Eartham=, _page_ 42.
LONDON to ARUNDEL,--_pages_ 23 _to_ 27, _to_ =Milford=; thence to
=Petworth=, _pages_ 37 _to_ 38; thence to =Arundel=, _pages_ 43 _and_
44.
LONDON to BRIGHTON, through =Sutton= and =Ryegate=,--_pages_ 45 _to_
51.
LONDON to BRIGHTON, through =Croydon=,--_pages_ 52 _to_ 54, to
=Ryegate=; thence to =Brighton=, _pages_ 47 _to_ 51.
LONDON to BRIGHTON, by =Lewes=,--to _Purley House_, _pages_ 52 _and_
53; thence to =Brighton=, _pages_ 55 _to_ 60.
LONDON to WORTHING,--_to_ =Tooting=, _page_ 45; thence to =Worthing=,
_pages_ 61 _to_ 67.
LONDON to SOUTHAMPTON, by =Basingstoke=,--_pages_ 69 _to_ 79.
LONDON to SOUTHAMPTON, through =Farnham=,--to the _Golden Farmer_,
_pages_ 69 _to_ 72; thence to =Winchester=, _pages_ 80 _to_ 84; thence
to =Southampton=, _pages_ 78 _and_ 79.
LONDON to POOLE, through =Romsey=,--_pages_ 69 _to_ 77, to
=Winchester=; thence to =Poole=, _pages_ 85 _to_ 90.
LONDON to POOLE, by =Southampton=, (_to_ =Southampton= _as
above_)--thence to the 82nd _Milestone_, _page_ 91; thence to =Poole=,
_page_ 87 _to_ 90.
LONDON to LYMINGTON, (_to_ =Southampton= _as above_)--thence to
=Totton=, _page_ 91; thence to =Lymington=, _pages_ 92 _and_ 93.
LONDON to CHRISTCHURCH,--_to_ =Winchester=, _pages_ 69 _to_ 77; thence
to =Ringwood=, _pages_ 85 _to_ 88; thence to =Christchurch=, _page_
94.
LONDON to GOSPORT,--_pages_ 69 _to_ 72, to the _Golden Farmer_; thence
to =Alton=, _pages_ 80 _to_ 82; thence to =Gosport=, _pages_ 95 _to_
98.
LONDON to EXETER, through =Andover=, =Salisbury=, =Blandford=, and
=Dorchester=,--_to_ =Basingstoke=, _pages_ 69 _to_ 75; thence to
=Exeter=, _pages_ 99 _to_ 116.
LONDON to PLYMOUTH and FALMOUTH, (_to_ =Exeter= _as above_)--thence to
=Plymouth=, _pages_ 117 _to_ 122; thence to =Falmouth=, _pages_ 123
_to_ 130.
LONDON to EXETER, through =Stockbridge=, =Salisbury=, and
=Shaftesbury=,--_to_ =Basingstoke=, _pages_ 69 _to_ 75; thence to
=Axminster=, _pages_ 131 _to_ 144; thence to =Exeter=, _pages_ 113
_to_ 116.
LONDON to FALMOUTH, through =Launceston=, (_to_ =Exeter= _as
above_)--thence to =Truro=, _pages_ 147 _to_ 158; thence to
=Falmouth=, _pages_ 129 _and_ 130.
LONDON to EXETER, through =Andover=, commonly called the New
Road,--_to_ =Basingstoke=, _pages_ 69 _to_ 75; thence to =Andover=,
_pages_ 99 _to_ 101; thence to =Honiton=, _pages_ 159 _to_ 170; thence
to =Exeter=, _pages_ 114 _to_ 116.
LONDON to WEYMOUTH,--_to_ =Basingstoke=, _pages_ 69 _to_ 75; thence to
=Dorchester=, _pages_ 99 _to_ 109; thence to =Weymouth=, _page_ 171.
LONDON to BRUTON,--_to_ =Basingstoke=, _pages_ 69 _to_ 75; thence to
=Andover=, _pages_ 99 _to_ 101; thence to the 98th _Milestone_ on the
Exeter Road, _pages_ 159 _to_ 163; thence to =Bruton=, _pages_ 172
_and_ 173.
LONDON to BATH and EXETER, by =Calne= and =Chippenham=,--_to_
=Hounslow=, _pages_ 69 _and_ 70; thence to =Bath= and =Exeter=,
_pages_ 174 _to_ 197.
LONDON to BATH and BRISTOL, by =Devizes=,--_to_ =Hounslow=, _pages_ 69
_and_ 70; thence to _Beckhampton Inn_, _pages_ 174 _to_ 184; thence to
=Bath= and =Bristol=, _pages_ 198 _to_ 203.
BATH to BRIGHTON, through =Warminster=, =Salisbury=, and
=Romsey=,--_pages_ 204 _to_ 219.
BATH to BRIGHTON, through =Salisbury= and =Southampton=,--_pages_ 204
_to_ 211, to =Romsey=; thence through =Southampton= to =Cosham=,
_pages_ 220 _to_ 223; thence to =Brighton=, _pages_ 214 _to_ 219.
* * * * *
_For the finding of any Place not contained in this Table see =General
Index= at the end._
[Illustration: 1 2
_Published by E. Mogg June 1^{st}. 1814._
_=London to Dover=_
measured from London Bridge.]
[Illustration: 3 4
_Published by E. Mogg June 1^{st}. 1814._
_=London to Dover=_
measured from London Bridge]
[Illustration: 5 6
_Published by E. Mogg June 1^{st} 1814._
_=London to Dover=_
measured from London Bridge]
[Illustration: 7 8
_Published by E. Mogg June 1^{st} 1814._
_=London to Dover=_
measured from London Bridge]
[Illustration: 9 10
_=London to Dover=_
measured from London Bridge]
[Illustration: 11 12
{N.B. _For the continuation of the Road from_ Canterbury _to_ London
_see Page 8_.}
_=London to Margate=_
measured from London Bridge]
[Illustration: 13 14
{N.B. _For the continuation of this Road to_ London _see Page 12_.}
London to Ramsgate
London to Tunbridge Wells
measured from London Bridge]
[Illustration: 15 16
_=London to Hastings=_
measured from London Bridge]
[Illustration: 17 18
_=London to Hastings=_
measured from London Bridge]
[Illustration: 19 20
_=London to Hastings=_
measured from London Bridge]
[Illustration: 21 22
_=London to Hastings=_
measured from London Bridge]
[Illustration: 23 24
_=London to Portsmouth=_]
[Illustration: 25 26
_=London to Portsmouth=_]
[Illustration: 27 28
_=London to Portsmouth=_]
[Illustration: 29 30
_=London to Portsmouth=_]
[Illustration: 31 32
_=London to Portsmouth=_]
[Illustration: 33 34
{_For the continuation of this Road to_ London _see Page 27_.}
London to Chichester by Midhurst.]
[Illustration: 35 36
London to Chichester by Midhurst.]
[Illustration: 37 38
{_For the continuation of this Road to_ London _see Page 27_.}
London to Chichester by Petworth.]
[Illustration: 39 40
London to Chichester by Petworth.]
[Illustration: 41 42
{_For the continuation of this Road to_ London _see Page 40_.}
London to Bognor by Chichester and by Eartham.]
[Illustration: 43 44
{_For the continuation of this Road to_ London _see Page 38_.}
_=London to Arundel=_]
[Illustration: 45 46
_=London to Brighton=_
measured from Westminster Bridge]
[Illustration: 47 48
_=London to Brighton=_
measured from Westminster Bridge]
[Illustration: 49 50
_=London to Brighton=_
measured from Westminster Bridge]
[Illustration: 51 52
_=London to Brighton=_
measured from Westminster Bridge
measur’d from the Standard in Cornhill]
[Illustration: 53 54
_=London to Brighton=_
measured from the Standard in Cornhill]
[Illustration: 55 56
_For the continuation of this Road to_ London _see Pa. 53_.
_=London to Brighton=_
measured from the Standard in Cornhill.]
[Illustration: 57 58
_=London to Brighton=_
measured from the Standard in Cornhill.]
[Illustration: 59 60
_=London to Brighton=_
measured from the Standard in Cornhill.]
[Illustration: 61 62
_For the continuation of this Road to_ London, _see Pa. 45_.
_=London to Worthing=_
measured from Westminster Bridge]
[Illustration: 63 64
_=London to Worthing=_
measured from Westminster Bridge]
[Illustration: 65 66
_=London to Worthing=_
measured from Westminster Bridge.]
[Illustration: 67 68
_=London to Worthing=_
measured from Westminster Bridge.]
[Illustration: 69 70
_=London to Southampton=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 71 72
_=London to Southampton=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 73 74
_=London to Southampton=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 75 76
_=London to Southampton=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 77 78
_=London to Southampton=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 79 80
{_For the continuation of this Road to London, see page 72_.}
_=London to Southampton=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 81 82
_=London to Southampton=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 83 84
_=London to Southampton=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 85 86
{_For the continuation of this Road to_ London, _see pa. 77. or 84._}
_=London to Poole=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner.]
[Illustration: 87 88
_=London to Poole=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner.]
[Illustration: 89 90
_=London to Poole=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner.]
[Illustration: 91 92
{_For the continuation of this Road to_ London, _see Pa. 79_.}
{_For the continuation of this Road to_ London, _see Pa. 91_.}
London to Poole, _contin^{d}._ Pa. 87.
London to Lymington.
measured from Hyde Park Corner.]
[Illustration: 93 94
London to Lymington.
{_For the continuation of this Road to_ London, _see Pa. 88_.}
Ringwood to Christchurch.
measured from Hyde Park Corner.]
[Illustration: 95 96
_For the continuation of this Road to_ London, _see pa. 82_.
_=London to Gosport=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 97 98
_=London to Gosport=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 99 100
_For the continuation of this Road to_ London, _see pa. 75_.
_=London to Exeter=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner.]
[Illustration: 101 102
_=London to Exeter=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner.]
[Illustration: 103 104
_=London to Exeter=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner.]
[Illustration: 105 106
_=London to Exeter=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner.]
[Illustration: 107 108
_=London to Exeter=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner.]
[Illustration: 109 110
_=London to Exeter=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner.]
[Illustration: 111 112
_=London to Exeter=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner.]
[Illustration: 113 114
_=London to Exeter=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner.]
[Illustration: 115 116
_=London to Exeter=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner.]
[Illustration: 117 118
_=London to Plymouth=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner.]
[Illustration: 119 120
_=London to Plymouth=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner.]
[Illustration: 121 122
_=London to Plymouth=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner.]
[Illustration: 123 124
_=London to Falmouth=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner.]
[Illustration: 125 126
_=London to Falmouth=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 127 128
_=London to Falmouth=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 129 130
_=London to Falmouth=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 131 132
_For the continuation of this Road to_ London _see pa. 75_.
_=London to Exeter=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner.]
[Illustration: 133 134
_=London to Exeter=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner.]
[Illustration: 135 136
_=London to Exeter=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner.]
[Illustration: 137 138
_=London to Exeter=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner.]
[Illustration: 139 140
_=London to Exeter=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 141 142
_=London to Exeter=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 143 144
_=London to Exeter=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 145 146
_=London to Exeter=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 147 148
_For the continuation of this Road to_ London _see Pa. 116_.
_=London to Falmouth=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner.]
[Illustration: 149 150
_=London to Falmouth=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner.]
[Illustration: 151 152
_=London to Falmouth=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner.]
[Illustration: 153 154
_=London to Falmouth=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner.]
[Illustration: 155 156
_=London to Falmouth=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 157 158
_=London to Falmouth=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 159 160
_For the continuation of this Road to_ London _see Pa. 101_.
_=London to Exeter=_
measured from Hyde park Corner]
[Illustration: 161 162
_=London to Exeter=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 163
_=London to Exeter=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 164 165
_=London to Exeter=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 166 167
_=London to Exeter=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 168 169
_=London to Exeter=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 170 171
_=London to Exeter=_
_=London to Weymouth=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 172 173
_For the continuation of this Road to_ London _see Pa. 163_.
_=London to Bruton=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 174 175
_For the continuation of this Road to_ London _see Pa. 70_.
_=London to Bath=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 176 177
_=London to Bath=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 178 179
_=London to Bath=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 180 181
_=London to Bath=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 182 183
_=London to Bath=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 184 185
_=London to Bath=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 186 187
_=London to Bath and Exeter=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 188 189
_=London to Exeter=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 190 191
_=London to Exeter=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 192 193
_=London to Exeter=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 194 195
_=London to Exeter=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 196 197
_=London to Exeter=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 198 199
_For the continuation of this Road to_ London _see Pa. 184_.
_=London to Bath=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 200 201
_=London to Bath=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 202 203
_=London to Bristol=_
measured from Hyde Park Corner]
[Illustration: 204 205
_=Bath to Brighton=_
measured from the Market House, Bath.]
[Illustration: 206 207
_=Bath to Brighton=_
measured from the Market House, Bath.]
[Illustration: 208 209
_=Bath to Brighton=_
measured from the Market House, Bath.]
[Illustration: 210 211
_=Bath to Brighton=_
measured from the Market House, Bath.]
[Illustration: 212 213
_=Bath to Brighton=_
measured from the Market House, Bath.]
[Illustration: 214 215
_=Bath to Brighton=_
measured from the Market House, Bath.]
[Illustration: 216 217
_=Bath to Brighton=_
measured from the Market House, Bath.]
[Illustration: 218 219
_=Bath to Brighton=_
measured from the Market House, Bath.]
[Illustration: 220 221
_For the continuation of this Road to_ Bath _see Pa. 211_.
_=Bath to Brighton=_
measured from the Market House Bath]
[Illustration: 222 223
_=Bath to Brighton=_
measured from the Market House Bath]
INDEX
TO THE
COUNTRY SEATS.
_In this Index the Name of every Possessor of a Seat is referred to, as
well as the Name of the Seat itself, together with a Description of the
most remarkable._
A.
=Abbey, the=, 173.
Abbot, Right Hon. Charles, 57. (_see Kiddbrook_)
Ackland, Sir T. D. 196, 197. (_see Killerton Park_)
A’Court, Sir Wm. 206. (_see Heytesbury Park_)
A’Dair, ---- Esq. 194. (_see Heatherton Park_)
Adam, W. Esq. 52. (_see Mount Nod Farm_)
=Alderbury House=, 209.
=Amfield House=, 85.
Amherst, Lord, 17. (_see Montreal_)
=Amport Park=, 159.
Andrews, Sir Joseph, 180. (_see Shaw House_)
Angerstein, J. J. Esq. 1. (_see Woodlands_)
Anglesea, Marquis of, (_see Earl of Uxbridge_) 140. (_see Stalbridge
Park_)
=Angmering Park=, 217.
=Anthony House=, 123, the seat of the Right Hon. R. P. Carew, Esq. M. P.
is a modern building, desirably situated on the south side of the Lyhner
river. It contains a collection of old portraits, and some paintings.
Arden, Lord, 47. (_see Nork House_)
Arundell, Lord, 138. (_see Wardour Castle_)
=Arundel Park=, 44, 217, the magnificent seat of the Duke of Norfolk.
This castle stands on a hill, at the southern extremity of an
extensive, well-wooded, and beautiful park. The original, which was very
ancient (mentioned in the will of Alfred the Great), and greatly
delapidated by the unsparing hand of time, has been recently repaired in
the most costly and elegant manner, in the gothic style, at a vast
expence, by the late Duke. This spot has the pre-eminent privilege of
conferring the dignity of Earl, without creation, on whosoever possesses
it; a privilege not enjoyed by any other place in the kingdom.
Arundel Castle stands on an elevated situation, its foundation being a
steep circular knoll, formed partly by nature, and partly by art. From
the castle, the Isle of Wight is visible. The country towards the sea is
low and flat, and it is supposed that the sea once washed the walls of
this edifice, anchors and other marine implements having been found near
it. The park and views from thence comprise a great variety of
picturesque and beautiful scenery.
To attempt a particular description of this truly magnificent mansion,
in the circumscribed limits of this work, is impossible.
The exterior presents a singularly beautiful, imposing and majestic
appearance, and the interior arrangements are contrived with every
variety of taste, elegance, and propriety, many of the apartments being
superbly furnished and decorated with valuable paintings.
=Ash Park=, 99.
=Ashdown Park=, 58.
=Ashland House=, 213.
=Ashtead Park=, 62, the seat of R. Howard, Esq. consists of about 140
acres, enclosed with a brick wall. The church stands in the park, and
near it stood the old mansion, immediately contiguous to the site of
which is erected the present elegant residence. The stables are very
magnificent.
Austins, F. M. Esq. 18. (_see Kippington_)
=Avington Park=, 84, the seat of Earl Temple. The mansion is chiefly
built of brick, and is situated in a well-planted valley, surrounded
with high downs, forming a singular and pleasing contrast. Some of the
apartments are elegantly fitted up, and enriched by a choice collection
of paintings. The park is near three miles in circumference, well
diversified, containing some fine old timber, and has a handsome
ornamental piece of water before the house.
=Avisford House=, 217.
Aylesbury, Earl of, 182. (_see Savernake Lodge_)
B.
Bacon, ---- Esq. 180. (_see Benham Place_)
=Badworth Park=, 217.
=Bagshot Park=, 72. H. R. H. the Duke of Gloucester. The house stands in
the centre of a park, upwards of three miles in circumference.
=Bailbrook House=, 187, 201.
=Bake=, 124.
=Bambridge=, 78.
Bamfylde, G. Esq. 197. (_see Poltimore House_)
Banks, Sir Joseph, 70. (_see Spring Grove_)
=Bannister’s Lodge=, 220.
Barclay, G. Esq. 63. (_see Burfoot Lodge_)
Barfoot, ---- Esq. 97. (_see Midlington Place_)
Baring, Sir Thomas, 76. (_see Stratton Park_)
=Barnfield=, 88.
=Barton Court=, 181, the seat of C. Dundas, Esq. The house is a good
brick building, with wings, pleasantly situated on a branch of the
Kennet, and protected on the north side by rows of stately trees.
Barton, ---- Esq. 220. (_see Roundham House_)
=Basing Park=, 95.
Batchelor, Major, 185.
Batt, I. T. Esq. 209. (_see New Hall_)
=Battle Abbey=, 22, the seat of Sir Godfrey Webster, is situated on a
gentle rise, with a delightful sweep before it of meadows and woods,
bounded by woody hills, which form a valley, winding towards Hastings
and the sea. The ruins of this once magnificent structure, bear ample
testimony of the scale of the establishment, their circuit embracing
nearly a mile. The remains occupy nearly three sides of a long square;
the middle side is converted into a modern habitation. The grand
entrance, facing the town, is a large square building, embattled at the
top with a handsome octagon tower at each corner, composing a very rich
and elegant piece of gothic architecture. The side of the square,
opposite to the gateway, consists of two long low parallel walls; the
remaining side forms the dwelling house. Some of these ruins are
interesting; but the greater part have been destroyed or defaced by
modern alterations.
Bazalgette, ---- Esq. 79.
=Bear Place=, 177, the seat of Sir M. Ximenes, is an elegant modern
house, with wings, delightfully situated on an elevated spot, in a
pleasant woodland country. A ridge of hills screen it on the north; a
pleasing variety of inequalities, tufted with woods, compose its
grounds, and the views towards the south and east are open and
extensive.
=Beauport=, 22, the seat of Sir James Bland Burgess, Bart. so named by
its late possessor, Gen. James Murray, after Beauport, near Quebec, in
Canada, at the reduction of which he acted a distinguished part. It is a
handsome modern edifice, built of stone, and, from its situation on an
eminence, commands magnificent sea views: from hence, on a clear day,
Boulogne and Calais are distinctly visible.
Bebb, ---- Esq. 180. (_see Donnington Grove_)
=Beckenham Place=, 16, the seat of John Cator, Esq. is a handsome
building, commanding a beautiful, though not extensive prospect.
Beckford, William, Esq. 163. (_see Fonthill Abbey_)
=Bedhampton Place=, 214.
=Beechworth Castle=, 63, the seat of Henry Peters, Esq. The mansion is
old, situated on the site of an ancient castle, of which it once formed
a part, on the bank of the river Mole: great improvements have been made
by the present occupier. The park contains some noble timber. The outer
park is skirted with chesnut-trees, of a remarkably large growth; and
the inner, in which the house is situated, has two fine avenues, one of
elms, and another, 350 yards in length, composed of limes of an
extraordinary size.
=Bell Vue=, 130.
=Belle Vue=, 79, 91, 221, the seat of Josiah Jackson, Esq. This
delightful spot is situated near Southampton, on the west side of the
river Itchen. The house, a beautiful modern edifice, commands a most
exquisite prospect; the shrubberies and gardens are tastefully arranged,
which, together with a spacious green-house and hot-houses, contain a
great variety of choice plants.
=Belmont=, 96.
=Benham Place=, 180, the seat of ---- Bacon, Esq. The entrance to the
park from the high road, has a handsome lodge on each side; a spacious
road from thence through a wood leads to the open grounds, where a
variety of pleasing views immediately present themselves. On the south,
beyond the vale, through which, in meandering mazes, glides the limpid
Kennet, a fine prospect of Hampsted Marshal Park presents itself. The
grounds on this side are agreeably diversified in appearance, richly
decorated with wood and water, which objects are most delightfully
distributed over verdant meadows by the plaistic hand of nature, forming
a most enchanting assemblage of sylvan beauties. On the west are high
grounds, crowned with extensive woods, with the bold projecting tracts
of the Wiltshire Downs in the distance. The view towards the east has
also equal claims to attention; a large and well-cultivated district
thence appearing in lovely contrast to the view. The mansion is regular,
of the Ionic order, composed of free stone, having an elegant portico on
the south front. It stands on a sloping bank, amidst a most charming
grove of trees of various coloured foliage. A handsome sheet of water,
partaking of all the crystal beauties of its parent stream, the Kennet,
flows before the mansion, over which stands a bridge of three arches,
built in the Chinese style. The grounds are judiciously ornamented with
woods, and the whole presents a combination of simplicity and beauty.
Bently, T. Esq. 4. (_see the Hermitage_)
Benyon, R. Esq. 178. (_see Englefield House_)
Berkeley, Lady, 174. (_see Cranford Park_)
Besborough, Earl of, 24. In this house are some valuable antiquities,
particularly the celebrated trunk of a Venus, from the collection of
Baron Stosch; and a bust of Demosthenes, by Benvenuto Cellini; with some
good pictures, among which are, the Interment of a Cardinal, by John ab
Eyck, the first painter in oil colours; also portraits, by Rubens and
Holbein.
=Bevis Mount=, 221, the seat of H. Hulton, Esq. derives its name from
the celebrated Sir Bevois, the hero of Southampton. It was originally a
vast pile of earth thrown up for defence, which is now laid out in
pleasure grounds of the most tasteful description, the effect of which
is greatly heightened by its situation, the tide, at high water, forming
a beautiful bay at the foot of the eminence. This was once the residence
of Southeby the poet.
Biddulph, John, Esq. 39. (_see Burton Park_)
=Bistern House=, 94.
=Bittern Grove=, 221.
=Black Brook=, 222.
=Blacklands=, 184, the seat of John Merrywether, Esq. This seat the
present possessor has greatly improved: the grounds abound with wood,
and display much picturesque scenery.
Blake, ---- Esq. 221. (_see Merry Oak Farm_)
Blagrave, ---- Esq. 178. The seat of this gentleman is a handsome
regular structure, with wings, most advantageously situated in a
pleasant and tastefully diversified park, agreeably embellished with
gently rising lawns, and trees of various foliage, grouped, and
otherwise most judiciously arranged, by which means the north front is
rendered perfectly secure from the chilling blasts incidental to that
quarter. It is famous for its fine venison.
Bland Burgess, Sir James, 22. (_see Beauport_)
Bland, ---- Esq. 62. (_see Randall House_)
Blandford, Marquis of. (_see Duke of Marlboro’_) 177. (_see White
Knights and Sion Hill_)
=Blue Hayes=, 116.
=Bolderwood Lodge=, 87, H. R. H. the Duke of Gloucester, Lord Warden of
the New Forest.
Bolton, Lord, 75. (_see Hackwood Park_)
Bolton, H. Esq. 62. (_see Givens Grove_)
Bonham, T. Esq. 30.
Boringdon, Lord, 122. (_see Boringdon Park and Saltram_)
=Boringdon Park=, 122. A deer park belonging to Lord Boringdon. Here are
the remains of a mansion built in the fourteenth century, now occupied
by a farmer. The park contains about 500 acres, including a great
variety of fine scenery.
Borrodaile, ---- Esq. 52.
=Botley Grange=, 212.
=Bounds=, 14, the property of the Earl of Darnley. The demesne surrounds
the park, and consists of about 1000 acres of well-wooded and
picturesque land.
=Bower House=, 199.
=Bow Wood=, 185, the magnificent seat of the Marquis of Lansdown. The
mansion house stands on elevated ground; it consists of three distinct
parts, erected at different periods, consequently exhibiting different
styles of architecture. The first part was built by John, Earl of
Shelburne, grandfather to the present possessor, which, in style of
architecture, resembles an Italian villa. The first marquis extended the
building by adding a wing, 300 feet in extent, in imitation of a wing of
Dioclesian’s palace at Spalatro; this forms the southern side of two
quadrangular courts, which are surrounded by domestic offices. The third
portion, to the north of the house, but connected with it, consists of a
series of private apartments, which are appropriated to visitors. It is
situated in an extensive and beautiful park, greatly diversified by
nature, and enriched by skilful and judicious cultivation. The principal
front faces the south, and commands the most beautiful and richly
variegated prospects. It is ornamented with a large portico, supported
by columns of the Doric order, with corresponding entablatures, whence a
pediment arises, on which the family arms are sculptured in bold relief.
The entrance hall, or vestibule, is paved with tesselated marble.
The apartments are fitted up in the most elegant style, and many are
ornamented with valuable pictures and drawings.
The park and pleasure grounds of Bow-wood are very extensive, environed
by plantations, arranged in the most tasteful and elegant varieties. A
noble lake, which covers the space of about thirty acres, expands its
pellucid waters in the front of the mansion, delightfully heightening
the beauties of the surrounding scenery. This expanse of water is
divided into two branches, one of which, after flowing a considerable
distance under a fine hanging wood, is lost to the view by a circuitous
course round a beautiful mass of plantation: the other recedes behind an
elevated part of the lawn. At the northern extremity of the lake is a
rock, through which the water issues in several broken streams, which,
though artificial, have the wildness and picturesque effect of nature in
the most uncultivated state. These united cascades fall in one sheet
against some projecting stones of irregular shapes. In these rocks are
also contained several subterraneous passages, whose dark openings,
being in perfect unison with the noise of the waters and the seclusion
of the spot, renders this a scene at once sublime, and beautifully
awful. The rocks also contain a vast number of petrifactions. In the
arrangements and distribution of ornaments in these grounds, nature has
been suffered to revel unconfined, guided, but not fettered, by art,
only sufficient to render her works, if possible, still more delightful.
Here is a mausoleum consecrated to the memory of John, Earl of
Shelburne. It is situated on an eminence, enveloped in a deep and silent
grove, judiciously appropriated to the solemnity of the scene, and
contains a monument of marble, with a suitable inscription.
Bradford, T. Esq. 58. (_see Ashdown Park_)
=Bramshill Park=, 74, the seat of Sir J. Cope. The mansion is situated
on a bold eminence, in a spacious Park, and forms one of the most
striking features in the county of Hants. It is reported to have been
built as a palace for Prince Henry, son of James the First, but never
completed according to the original design; the centre part alone being
finished.
Bramstone, ---- Esq. 99. (_see Hall Place_)
Brant, ---- Esq. 23.
=Brianston=, 107, the seat of E. B. Portman, Esq. This elegant building,
which has been recently erected on the site of the old mansion, is
composed of free stone, covering an area of 112 feet by 100, with
offices erected separate, but communicating with the house by an
enclosed passage. The apartments are elegantly spacious, and fitted up
in the most superb and chaste style. The grounds are laid out with great
taste, assisted by nature. A beautiful wood-crowned cliff extends itself
from the mansion to Blandford Bridge, in a semicircular direction, with
the river Stour flowing in a line before it, through verdant meadows,
which, together with the town of Blandford, advantageously seen, forms a
charming view from the front of the mansion.
=Brickland House=, 221.
=Brickworth=, 209.
=Bridge House=, 49.
=Bridge Place=, 8.
Bridges, H. Esq. 219. (_see Buckingham House_)
Bridges, Mrs. 9. (_see Wooton Court_)
=Bridwell=, 195.
=Broadlands Park=, 86, 211, 220, the seat of Lord Viscount Palmerston.
The house is a neat edifice of white brick, standing on the eastern side
of the river Test, which flows through the park: it was nearly rebuilt
by the late Lord Palmerston, a most eminent connoisseur of his time, who
made a fine collection of paintings, which are preserved in this
mansion.
=Brockenhurst House=, 93, the seat of John Moraunt, Esq. (once the
residence of the philanthropic _Howard_), is a handsome modern building,
situated in a spacious park, beautifully diversified with every variety
of woodland scenery.
=Broom Park=, 9, the seat of Sir Henry Oxenden, Bart. The house is a
respectable building, of the time of Charles the First; the present
Baronet has expended considerable sums in extending and improving the
grounds (which are paled in), though nature, especially in front and to
the west, has afforded but barren materials to work upon.
=Brympton House=, 141.
=Buckingham House=, 219.
=Burfoot Lodge=, 63.
Burlton, W. Esq. 138. (_see Donhead Hall_)
Burnett, Sir Robert, 61.
Burrell, Sir C. 65. (_see Nep Castle_)
Burrell, W. Esq. 65. (_see West Grinsted Park_)
=Burton=, 94.
Burton, ---- Esq. 183. (_see Lockeridge House_)
=Burton House=, 94.
=Burton= (formerly _Bodectin_) =Park=, 39. During the lapse of three
centuries was the seat of the very ancient and knightly family of
Goring, the heir of which brought this estate to the Biddulphs’, of
Biddulph, in Staffordshire, in marriage.
Burton Place is a mansion of great extent, having a singularly handsome
front, one hundred and seventy-three feet in length. It is in the best
style of architecture, by Battesla Leoni, who was much employed about
the beginning of the last century. A venerable residence, built in the
reign of Elizabeth, was partly destroyed by fire, and the present
structure was begun by Sir W. Goring, in 1723. J. Biddulph, Esq. who
succeeded to it, brought it to completion, externally, and within these
few years, the apartments have been fitted up with judgment and taste.
The saloon is a remarkably fine room, 46 feet by 30, and the present
proprietor is John Biddulph, Esq. who has resided at Florence for many
years past, but it is inhabited by his brother, Charles Biddulph, Esq.
The site is extremely beautiful, in a large park, picturesquely
diversified, being intersected by a succession of small lakes falling
into each other, which, as a very rare occurrence, are noticed in
Doomsday book for the produce of fish, which is there valued. Carp is
the chief stock, with tench and perch of extraordinary size. In 1789,
out of one pond of 50 acres, were taken 2,824 fish of different kinds.
Fronting the south aspect, the bold headlands, which divide the county,
rise majestically. Duncton Hill and Lavington Down are immediately
opposite, and are broken into knolls richly invested in groves of low
wood. These acclivities are infinitely various and beautiful, and the
whole scene is rendered interesting by the combination of the softest
verdure, with broken cliffs, and an endless terrace of down, in the
distance.
=Busbridge Park=, 27, the seat of Henry Hare Townsend, Esq. The mansion
contains many first rate pictures, by Raphael, Teniers, Vandyck,
Rembrandt, Vandervelt, and others; with a large collection of the best
productions of Morland.
Byron, T. Esq. 53. (_see Hooley House_)
C.
=Camerton=, 188.
=Cams Hall=, 98, 222, the seat of Mrs. Delme, is a handsome modern
building, pleasantly situated on the east side of Portsmouth Harbour,
with a good park.
=Cannon House=, 36, the seat of Lord Selsey. The house is situated at
the northern extremity of the park; the grounds are judiciously planted,
and about 200 yards distant from the mansion, through the park, runs the
little stream, called the Lavant.
=Carclew=, 130, the seat of Sir William Lemon, Bart. is pleasantly
situated on a gentle eminence. The house is a neat modern building, of
the Ionic order, faced with granite, having a regular portico. The
centre and wings are connected by colonnades; it contains some good
pictures, and is fitted up with much taste. Every advantage has been
judiciously taken of the variety of surface, and the grounds are well
laid out.
Carew, Rt. Hon. R. P. 123. (_see Anthony House_)
Carhampton, Earl of, 25. (_see Pains Hill_)
Carlyon, T. Esq. 127. (_see Tregrehan_)
=Castle Goring=, 218.
=Castle House=, 164.
=Castle Malwood Cottage=, 87, the seat of Col. Murray. The situation is
high, and commands extensive views.
=Catchfrench=, 124.
Cator, J. Esq. 16. (_see Beckenham Place_)
=Caversham Park=, 177, the seat of Major Marsack. The mansion is stately
and regular, situated on an eminence, that commands extensive views of
Berks and the adjacent counties. The grounds are tastefully laid out,
and the park includes every variety of appropriate embellishment.
Cazalet, P. Esq. 17. (_see Halstead_)
Chandler, Rev. Dr. 178. (_see Tilehurst Place_)
Channing, Major, 112. (_see Verst_)
=Charlcott House=, 205.
=Charlton House=, 1, the residence of Lady Spencer Wilson, is very
pleasantly situated, and exhibits a good specimen of the style of
building in vogue during the reign of James the First, though some
considerable alterations were made in it by Sir William Ducie, about the
year 1659. It forms an oblong square, with projections at the ends of
each front, crowned by turrets, and an open ballustrade which surrounds
the summit of the whole. The centre also projects, and the entrance is
ornamented by Corinthian columns; the bases displaying sculptures of
lions’ heads. In the window above are the arms and alliance of Sir
William Ducie. The saloon is richly ornamented; the ceiling is still in
the original state, as finished by Sir Adam Newton, and exhibits the
royal arms, and ostrich feathers: the chimney piece is of the same age,
and has on one side the figure of Vulcan, in alabaster, and on the other
that of Venus. In a room adjoining to the saloon is a chimney piece,
with a slab of black marble, so finely polished, that Lord Down is said
to have seen in it a robbery committed on Blackheath, and sent out his
servants, who apprehended the thieves. The gallery on the north side of
the house was also fitted up by Sir A. Newton, and measures seventy-six
feet by sixteen feet. In the windows is some painted glass of the arms
of the Ducies, and their alliances. In this gallery are portraits of
Henry, Prince of Wales, and Thomas Wilson, LL. D. secretary of state to
Queen Elizabeth; and also a large and valuable collection of natural
history, made by Lady Wilson, consisting of insects, minerals,
extraneous fossils, and other subjects: among the fossils are a great
variety of those found in the parish. The park and pleasure grounds
comprise about seventy acres, and include some beautiful scenery. Before
the court-yard is a row of aged cypress trees.
=Charlton Park=, 9, a small seat belonging to Robert Foot, Esq. The
house is surrounded by fine trees, and the grounds are noted for
uncommon verdure, even in time of drought.
=Chart Park=, 63, the seat of Sir C. H. Talbot. The house is a plain
white building, which commands pleasant and extensive views to the
south, and through the adjacent grounds into a beautiful park, which,
though not extensive, is planted with great taste.
Chase, R. Esq. 59. (_see Horstead Place_)
=Chatley House=, 205.
=Chawton Park=, 82, 95.
=Chevening=, 17, the seat of Earl Stanhope. The house is a handsome
modern structure, fronted with stucco. This manor was purchased of the
daughters of Lord Dacre, after having been in the several possessions of
De Chevening, Isley, and Leonard, by the great Earl Stanhope, ancestor
to the present owner. The grounds have been much improved by the late
Earl, who was well known both as a politician and mechanical genius,
particularly celebrated for his improvement of the printing press.
Chichester, Earl of, 60. (_see Stanmer Park_)
Chichester, ---- Esq. 188. (_see Camerton_)
=Chilton Lodge=, 181, the seat of ---- Pearce, Esq. This is an elegant
mansion, boldly and conspicuously situated in a spacious park, adorned
with woods, laid out in the most judicious and tasteful manner. The
house and grounds command many beautiful views.
=Chilworth House=, 211.
=Chipstead Place=, 17, the property and residence of George Polhill,
Esq. whose ancestor, David Polhill, Esq. purchased it in the year 1658.
=Chissel House=, 221.
=Claremont Park=, 25, the seat of H. R. H. the Princess Charlotte of
Wales, and H. S. H. the Prince of Saxe-Cobourg. The mansion was erected
by Lord Clive, the conqueror of India, at an expense of £100,000. It
forms an oblong square of 132 feet by 102. In the principal front a
flight of steps leads to the grand entrance, under a pediment supported
by Corinthian columns. The apartments are spacious and elegant, and the
situation well chosen, commanding various views of the water and
plantations in the park, which are extremely beautiful.
Clark, Capt. 62. (_see Elm Bank_)
Clark, R. H. Esq. 195. (_see Bridwell_)
Clark, R. Esq. 179. (_see Padworth House_)
Clifford, Lord, 118. (_see Ugbrook House_)
Clutton, W. Esq. 48. (_see Hartswood_)
=Cobham Hall=, 4, the seat of Earl Darnley. This mansion, though not
externally grand, retains sufficient remains of its ancient baronial
splendour to excite considerable interest: it is built in the form of a
half H; the extremities of the side wings are terminated by octagonal
towers, and, with the centre, and a sunk wall in the front, encloses a
quadrangular lawn, ornamented by statues, vases, &c. The centre of the
building was planned by Inigo Jones, and was new cased with brick, and
sashed, by the late Earl Darnley; so that its appearance is not uniform
with the wings, which formed part of the residence of the Cobhams.
The furniture and decorations of the apartments in Cobham Hall are of
the most costly and elegant nature, enriched by a variety of beautiful
sculpture, and a fine collection of pictures.
The park, which includes 1800 acres, and is nearly seven miles in
circumference, is beautifully diversified, and abundantly wooded. The
oaks are particularly luxuriant, and many of them are very large and
venerable. On the south side, leading from the house, is a noble avenue
of lime trees, consisting of four rows, and extending to the length of
upwards of 1000 yards. On an elevated site, towards the southern
extremity of the park, is an extensive building, visible from the road,
erected as a =MAUSOLEUM=, or =CHAPEL=, at an expense of £9000, under an
injunction in the will of the late Earl, and designed for the sepulture
of the family. The basement story, which is rusticated, contains a vault
and sarcophagus, surrounded by recesses for interments. The floor over
this was intended for a chapel, and is crowned by a dome, supported by
eight Corinthian columns. The exterior part of this story has four
wings, with duplicated columns, sustaining sarcophaguses, and is
terminated by a pyramid.
=Cogley House=, 173.
=Cold Harbour=, 213.
=Coldrinick=, 124.
=Coley Park=, 178.
=Combe House=, 24.
=Combe Park=, 123.
=Compton House=, 137, the seat of John Hungerford Penruddock, Esq. The
mansion is commodious, and is advantageously situated in a part of the
country extremely luxuriant. It was the residence of the celebrated Col.
Penruddock, who lost his life in an unsuccessful attempt to restore
Charles the Second to the throne.