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Article: Timely reminder of history in the raw; IN SEARCH OF ENGLAND.(Column)
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- November 15, 2005
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Byline: ROY HATTERSLEY
A bequeathed to her second cousin and successor. The south front, seen through the frame of the archway which is its main gate, has all the elegance of a royal palace. Three storeys of symmetrical windows catch the afternoon sunlight and the Cotswold stone which surrounds them glows like gold.
No door is visible. It was built into the side of one of the two identical towers.
Nothing could be allowed to spoil the perfect balance of the facade.
Chastleton House boasts a series of rooms - Great Chamber, Long Gallery and Great Parlour - in which most European princelings of the period would have felt at home.
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