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property of Richard Bull, Esq. is next in consequence to Knighton.This house is a large and nearly regular building of the age ofJames I. , of very good stone and well finished. It stands in anarrow valley on the southern side of the great chalk range, andscarcely out of the village of Shorwell; but a grove of noble elmswhich surrounds it to the north and east, and most flourishingplantations made by its present owner, completely exclude allthat would be disagreeable in that vicinity. At the foot of aterrace just below the mansion, rises the beautiful spring, whichgives name to the village, and which is immediately equal to theturning a large mill. The gardens are disposed in terraces upthe side of the hill on whose slope the house stands ; and thegood taste of Mr. Bull has ornamented without destroying theirregularity, which suits the ancient character of the mansion. Ofthis, the front is adorned with an handsome central porch. Oncither hand is a large window, and beyond them, semi-octagonhows, two stories high, terminated by a pinnacled battlement.Beyond these, to the right, the front terminates with anotherlarger projecting building, which is wanting to the left. All theseparts severally finish in gables ornamented with slender pyramidalpinnacles, rising from projecting corbels. The house within isfitted up in a neat and elegant style. The cheerfulness of modernfife illumines the ancient rooms, without destroying their cha-racter. Many excellent and curious portraits, and a profusion ofadmirable prints, decorate the walls; and every refinement ofattentive hospitality is accumulated in the rooms destined by theamiable and learned owner to the reception of bis guests.*

In describing this interesting place, it is impossible to omit* Mr. Bull, and las surviving daughter, are deceased since this was written.