The Beckford Family. Reminiscences of Fonthill Abbey And Lansdown Tower
The book The Beckford Family. Reminiscences of Fonthill Abbey And Lansdown Tower was written by author Gregory, William Henry, Sir, 1817-1892 Here you can read free online of The Beckford Family. Reminiscences of Fonthill Abbey And Lansdown Tower book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Beckford Family. Reminiscences of Fonthill Abbey And Lansdown Tower a good or bad book?
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had spread over all the civilized world. Lansdown Tower, With its chaste ornamental Gardens and Grounds, consisting of between Six and Seven Acres of Land, is situated about two miles from Bath, upon the summit of Lansdown, its base being 800 feet above the Avon. The structure itself rises 130 feet higher, crowned with an elegant cupola and lantern of cast-iron in strict Grecian character, commanding a prospect the very per- fection of picturesque landscape ; the view bounded in one direction b...y the mountains of Wales commands the counties of Somerset, Wilts, Gloucester, and Worcester, and, across the ii2 The Beckford Family. Severn, Glamorgan, and Monmouth ; smiling vales, and emerald-coloured hills are spread beneath like a carpet of unparalleled richness. The Tower, with its symmetrical apartments, refreshed and newly furnished but just before the owner's decease, would form an admirable basis "or Wing" for a Private Residence, being singularly well adapted for the retirement of a man of fortune and pure taste, who would not desire to be too far away from the occasional attractions of a splendid city.
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