BUST OF VENUS. Thee, Goddefs, thee the Clouds and Tempefts fear, And at thy pleafing prefence difappear: For thee the Land in fragrant Flow'rs is drefs'd. DRYDEN, from Lucretius. BUST OF APOLLO. Lucido Dio, Per cui l'April fiorisce. THE BOWER METASTASIO. Is a fquare Building, twelve feet by ten, the Ceiling is coved, and the whole painted green: the Front is covered with a Treillage of the fame colour, against which are planted Rofes, Woodbines, Jeffamines, and feveral kinds of Creepers, and appears like three Arches cut through the Shrubbery; within is a Caft of Cupid and Pfyche from the Antique, and on a Tablet above the centre Arch are infcribed the following Verfes. Fair Quiet, have I found thee here, With Innocence, thy fifter dear! Miftaken long, I fought thee then, In bufy Companies of Men; Your facred Plants, at length I know, Will only in Retirement grow. Society is all but rude, To this delicious Solitude, Where all the Flowers and Trees do clofe To weave the Garland of Repose. AND. MARVELL. BUST OF PRIOR. See, Friend, in fome few fleeting Hours, THE URN, Placed on an Altar, encircled with Cypreffes, ftands within a Recefs in the Shrubbery that furrounds the Garden. The Bank that rifes behind is planted with Flowers, and a Weeping Willow, large Weymouth Pines, and other Evergreens, form the back Ground. Sacred To the Memory of FRANCES POOLE, Here fhall our ling'ring Footsteps oft be found, To thofe who knew, and therefore lov'd her moft. And fome faint Image of her worth restore, George Simon Harcourt, and the Hon. Elizabeth Vernon, Viscount and Viscountess Nuneham, erected this Urn in the year 1771, and William Whitehead, Efq. Poet-Laureat, wrote the Verses. The CONSERVATORY, 50 feet by 15, is planted with Bergamont, Cedrati, Limoncelli, and Orange-Trees, of various kinds and fizes. In Summer, the Front, Sides, and Roof of the Building are entirely removed, and the Trees appear to ftand in the natural Ground; the back Wall is covered with a Treillage, against which are planted Lemon, Citron, and Pomegranate Trees, intermixed with all the different forts of Jeffamines. THE THE STATUE OF HEBE Terminates the principal Glade, and fronts the Temple of Flora. On the Pedestal are the following Verfes : Hebe, from thy cup divine, Shed, O fhed, nectareous Dews, And check the green Blood's ebbing tide, Safe from the night's damp wing or day's infidious gale. THE CHURCH Is a beautiful Building of the Ionic order, in the ftyle of an antique Temple: it was erected in the year 1764, at the fole expenfe of Sinion Earl of Harcourt, who gave the original Defign, which afterwards received a fmall alteration from Mr. Stuart. The principal Portico, which confifts of fix Columns, has no communication with the Church, but ferves for a feat in the Garden; the public Entrance is on the oppofite fide, and that to the Family-Clofet through the femicircular Portico, at the weft end. The infide has been furnished and decorated by the prefent Earl. The Altar-piece, which represents the Parable of the good Samaritan, was defigned and painted by Mr. Mafon. The Piece of Tapestry at the weft end (which is framed like a Picture) reprefents the Chiefs of the twelve Tribes of Ifrael at the Paffover. THE MAGNIFICENT HOUSE AND GARDENS A T STO W, THE SEAT OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE MARQUIS OF BUCKINGHAM. A GRAND Flight of Steps, adorned with two Lions on the Pedeftals, leads us to the Portico, from whence we enter THE SALOON, Which is a grand apartment, hung with Tapestry, reprefenting the Functions of the Cavalry. The dimenfions of this Room are 43 feet by 22: the Furniture is Crimson, ornamented with two marble Bufts, a rich Cabinet, and fine China Jars. The Pictures are, A Landscape; a Flower-piece; a Fruit-piece. THE HALL Is a fpacious room, 36 feet by 22 and an half, defigned and painted by Kent. Its Ceiling is enriched with the Signs of the Zodiac; and the Walls are adorned with Feftoons of Flowers, &c. Over the Chimney is a curious Piece of Alto-Relievo, the Story of which is Darius's Tent: here are also eleven marble Bufts, properly difpofed; and a Statue of Narciffus. THE DINING.ROOM Is a well-proportioned apartment, 30 feet by 21, in which which are the following Paintings, viz. Two large Landfcapes, by Orizonti; two fmall ditto, by Loten; a Dancing at the Duke of Mantua's Marriage, by Tintoretto; a Landscape, by Claude Lorrain; a small ditto, of Acis and Galatea, by Milé; a large Picture of young Bacchanals; a Sea Port, by a Flemish Mafter; a Landscape with Figures and Cattle, by Baffan; a Landscape with a Mill; Vulcan and Venus; the Marriage at Cana, by Baffan; Mofes burying the Egyptian, by Pouffin. A Bed-chamber, with two Dreffing-Rooms, The Hangings, Bed, and Furniture of this apartment are rich Crimson; and over the Chimney is a fulllength Portrait of the late Countefs of Dorfet. In the first Dreffing-Room, a Piece of Still Life over the Chimney. In the fecond, a fine Cabinet, and over the Chim ney, Prince Henry, at full-length. THE GRAND STAIR-CASE Is ornamented with Iron-work, and enriched with three Ceiling-pieces, painted by Sclater, viz. Juftice and Peace; Fame and Victory; Plenty and Conftancy. The Walls are adorned with Military Pieces. THE CHAPEL Is wainscotted with Cedar, and has a Gallery of the fame, hung with Crimson Velvet. Its dimensions are, 37 feet by 20 feet 10 inches, and 26 feet high. Over the Communion-Table is a fine Painting of the Refurrection, by Tintoretto. Above the Cedar Wainscot are the following Paintings at full-length, viz. Mofes and Aaron; St. Peter and St. Paul; the Four Evangelifts; the Afcenfion; Baptifm; the Salutation of the Virgin Mary. The Ceiling is the fame as in the Chapel Royal at St. James's, and the Cedar Wainscot enriched with elegant Carving by Guibbons. F 5 Her |