VIEWS OF COUNTRY-SEATS.

DITTON-PARK, THE SEAT OF LORD MONTAGU.

DITTON, with the manor, was grant- || second Duke of Manchester, and seed by Edward III. in 1335 to Wil-condly to Sir Edward Hussey, K. B. liam de Montacute, who, in the same created after his marriage Earl of year, conveyed it to Sir John Mo- Beaulieu: on the death of whom, lines, who held it with the manor of with their husbands, Ditton became Stoke-Pogis. After various succes- the joint property of the late Duke sive owners, we find it, in the reign and the Duchess Dowager of Buc1of James I. in the possession of Sir cleugh, her grace being the only Ralph Winwood, then principal Se- child of George Duke of Montagu. cretary of State: his daughter Ann The present proprietor, Lord Monbeing married to Edward Lord Mon- tagu, is her second son. tagu of Baughton in Northamptonshire, Ditton became his in right of his wife. From him it passed to his son Ralph, created Duke of Montagu; descending then to his son John Duke of Montagu, at whose death it became the joint property of his two daughters, Mary, married to George Earl of Cardigan, afterwards created Duke of Montagu; and Isabella, married first to William Montagu, the Vol. II. No. VIII.

Ditton Park is in the parish of Datchet, Buckinghamshire, and about three miles from Windsor. It is occasionally the residence of Lord Montagu, but the lowness of the ground, and consequent dampness of the site, prevent the family from constantly residing on it. The old mansion was destroyed by fire on the night of the 28th April, 1812; part of the furniture, and a fine portrait K

of Sir Ralph Winwood, were saved bridges, with the exception of the from the flames. The house possess-principal entrance, to which is a stone ed no particular claim to notice; it had been enlarged at various times.

The present mansion, as shewn in our view of the Garden-Front, is a handsome Gothic structure, and was built by Atkinson. The offices and stables are convenient and extensive. It may be said to stand on an island, from the breadth of the moat that surrounds the house. Its communication with the main land is by draw

bridge of five arches. The island is laid out in pleasure-grounds, and it possesses some fine timber, for which the park is remarkable. Ditton is a hamlet of Stoke-Pogis, with a chapel of ease. A neat pretty Gothic chapel is built in the park for the use of the family; near which, planted out from observation, are the kitchengardens, which are extensive.

HOLLY-GROVE-HOUSE,

THE SEAT OF THEODORE HENRY BROADHEAD, ESQ.

room, 31 feet by 24, containing a valuable collection of books. Among many pictures is a superb work of Guercino, the Grecian Daughter. The entire extent of ground is

THE first conveyance of this beau- || The principal library is a magnificent tiful spot is an indenture made in the year 1697 betwen William Taylor of Winkfield and John Avis of Old Windsor: it was for a cottage, and a small portion of land attached to it. In the year 1772, it was purchas-about forty-five acres, the whole withed by Captain John Deacon of the first regiment of foot-guards, and equerry to the Duke of Cumberland. The grounds have been enlarged by subsequent grants, all of which are entered at the court of attachment for Windsor Forest. In 1783, we find Sir Andrew Snape Hammond the proprietor, who sold it to Samuel Johnson, Esq. It was again sold in 1791 to Henry Griffiths, Esq. In the following year it was transferred to Miss Jennings, and was disposed of by the Rose family to Spencer Mackay, Esq. of whom it was purchased in 1808 by Theodore Henry Broadhead, Esq. father of the present proprietor.

in a very beautiful part of the Forest, and commanding all its rides and drives. The principal part was granted by George III. to the Right Hon. George Rose during Miss Jennings's residence at the place, about twenty. years since. The estate is charged with the repair of part of the highway leading from a little beyond the house in the parish of Old Windsor, to the junction of the road with the parish of New Windsor; a condition entered into by Mr. Griffiths on being permitted to inclose a portion of the forest.

The place is indebted to Miss Jennings for the present delightful arrangement of the gardens and The house is of brick, and the grounds. Her fine taste induced principal front, as shewn in the an- her to call in the assistance of Repnexed view, is enlivened with pilas- ton, under whose direction the flowters of stucco. The interior con-er-garden was created. It is beautains some handsome apartments. || tiful and sequestered, and in it is a