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Repton, Humphry, 1752-1818 / Fragments on the theory and practice of landscape gardening: including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture, collected from various manuscripts, in the possession of the different noblemen and gentlemen, for whose use they were originally written; the whole tending to establish fixed principles in the respective arts
(1816)
Fragment XXXIII. Extracted from the report on Sherringham Bower, in Norfolk, pp. [195]-212
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FRAGMENT XXXIII. EXTRACTED FROM THE REPORT ON SHERRINGHAM BOWER, IN NORFOLK, A SEAT OF ABBOT UPCHER, ESQ. IT may appear a bold assertion to pronounce, that Sherring- ham possesses more natural beauty and local advantages, and is more capable of being rendered an appropriate gentleman- like residence, than any place I have ever seen. I must here premise, that I do not estimate places by their Measure or Value, each of which may be applied separately to the diamond and the mill-stone; and in comparing it with other places, I must confine myself to those which command views of the Sea, that being always the leading feature of the Scenery of Great Britain as an Island. The most celebrated places of this de- scription which I have seen, are Mulgrave Castle in the North, Tregothnan and Mount Edgecombe in the West, and various places in Sussex, and the Isle of Wight in the South;yet much of the celebrity of these places may be derived -from the per- mission liberally given to have them seen by the public; and,
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