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The Bulletin
Fix this textGAVIN CASEY SHORT STORY
Fix this text“The Bulletin,” Vol. 73—No. 3790
Fix this textWednesday, October 1, 1952
Fix this textPrice 9d.
Fix this textRegistered at the General Post Office, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, for Transmission by Post as a Newspaper.
Fix this textSeppelts
Fix this textLONGLEAT HOUSE, THE TREASURE HOUSE OF THE WEST
Fix this textA'vNE of the great historic houses of England is Longleat, seat °^
Fix this textO MarjLT of Bath, siiuatcd five miles from Warminster, . MgJ
Fix this textThis imposing building in the English Renaissance style stands m l[ P
Fix this textparkland on the site of the thirteenth-century Monastery of St. Radegu
Fix this textwhich was bought for £53 by Sir John Thynne in 1540,
Fix this textThe new owner, with the help of the Italian-born architect, John of
Fix this textPadua, began building Longleat in 1566 and completed it
Fix this textIt has seventy main rooms, and its stately walls are rej.eved by 365 muUx°ned
Fix this textwindows while the roof is adorned with many carved domes and sculpturea
Fix this textfigures Although successive owners have made some alterations, the mai
Fix this textcharacter of the house remains unchanged since it was visited by Quee
Fix this textElizabeth I in 1574. Other famous visitors were Charles II and Queen
Fix this textr'attinrinp in 1661 James Stuart, Duke of Monmouth, in 1680 and George
Fix this text111 in 1789. The ’latter stayed at Longleat as the guest of the first Marquess
Fix this textof Bath.
Fix this textDespite its external grandeur the great interest o£ Lo^' e f„ 1 Priceless
Fix this textinterior, for it is known as “the treasure house of the West. Priceless
Fix this textsixteenth-century tapestries, eighteenth-century furniture and paintings by
Fix this textSSWffl. Raphael and wootton may be amjmrimgjtefc
Fix this textrival the splendour of a Royal palace. The ceilings of the State Roomv™
Fix this textwork of Italian artists, are beautifully moulded, painted and gilded. Wall
Fix this textin the drawing-room are covered in Genoa velvet in
Fix this textdining-room walls are in embossed Spanish leather. In the lofty enlranc
Fix this texthall is a table which once belonged to Sir Walter Raleigh and another, in the
Fix this textSon is the one on which the Treaty of Vienna, 1815, was signed by
Fix this textTalleyrand, Wellington and Metternich. In the gallery is the waistcoat
Fix this textWoll One ( rf ai the possessions of Longleat, however, is the
Fix this textextensive library, which contains, in addition to many treasured manuscripts,
Fix this textcEer's Canterbury Tales printed by Caxton, first four Shakespeare folios,
Fix this texta Cranmer Bible and a letter from Queen Elizabeth I to the Earl of Shrewsbury
Fix this textconcerning the defeat of the Spanish Armada.
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Fix this textbusiness associates in Britain, for birthdays, weddings,
Fix this textanniversaries and ail celebrations. From stocks in their
Fix this textLondon cellars, the House of Seppelt can arrange, immediate
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Fix this textTHE HOUSE OF SEPPELT
Fix this textESTABLISHED 1851
Fix this textB. SEPPELT & SONS LTD.
Fix this textADELAIDE; Box 1422 H, G.P.O.
Fix this textSYDNEY: Box 163, G.P.O. MELBOURNE: Box 233 E, G.P.O.
Fix this textBRISBANE: Box 352 E, G.P.O. FREMANTLE; Box 64, G.P.O.
Fix this textCRYSTAL ST., BROKEN HILL
Fix this text88 CANNON ST., LONDON, E.C.4.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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