Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the Ancient and Present State of the Town and Castle of Chepstow; Including the Pleasurable Regions of Persfield, and a Variety of Other Particulars Deserving the Stranger's Notice, Round That Neighbourhood, Collecte (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1819 Excerpt: ...n PERSFIELD is not a large place, --the park contains about three hundred acres, and the house stands in the midst of it. On, the side of the approach the inequalities of the ground are gentle and the plantations pretty j but nothing in the upper lawn is great. Qrj. the.other side, the lower lawn falls precipitately very. way into, a deep vale, which shelves down the middle. The declivities are diversified with clumps and with groves, and a number of large trees straggle along the.bottom. This lawn is encompassed with wood, --i-and tagive variety to the views fromPersfield, --to disclose the native grandear which surrounds it, ---as well as'to set off its most striking features to advantage, WALKS have been cut through the woods, and on the face, of the precipice, which border the grounds to the South and East. The-.Wye.rgotpj immediately below the wood; the banks are high hills; in different places sjeep, bulging' out, or hollow on the sides; rounded, flattened, or irregular at top j and covered with woodr or broken by rocks. They are sometimes seen in front j sometimes in perspective j falling back for the passage, or closing behind the bend of the river; appearing to meet, rising above, or shooting out beyond one another..', r.... j Wii The wood which incloses the Lawn crowns an extensive range of these hills, which overlook all those on the opposite shore, with the country which appears above or between them j and winding.themselves as the river winds, GENERAL OUTLINE OF PERSFIELD. winds, their sides, all rich and beautifoj, are alternately exhibited; and the point of view in one spot becomes an object to the next. In many places the principal feature is a continued fock, in length a quarter of a mile, perpendicular, high, and placed upon a height. To resemb...