![]() ![]() The clock in the church-tower, buried in trees on the edge of the park, only its golden weather-cock catching the light, was striking six, and the sound came gently beating down the wind. Away from the Hall in front stretched a flat park studded with oaks and fringed with firs, which stood out against the sky. Each was surmounted by an ornamental cupola with a gilded vane.Īn evening light shone on the building, making the window-panes glow like so many fires. These wings plainly contained the stables and offices of the house. There were wings to right and left, connected by curious glazed galleries, supported by colonnades, with the central block. A pediment, pierced with a round window, crowned the front. ![]() He saw a tall, square, red-brick house, built in the reign of Anne a stone-pillared porch had been added in the purer classical style of 1790 the windows of the house were many, tall and narrow, with small panes and thick white woodwork. ![]() ![]() The little boy who was the only passenger in the chaise, and who jumped out as soon as it had stopped, looked about him with the keenest curiosity during the short interval that elapsed between the ringing of the bell and the opening of the hall door. It was, as far as I can ascertain, in September of the year 1811 that a postchaise drew up before the door of Aswarby Hall, in the heart of Lincolnshire. ![]()
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