The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-08-19
NAT oooDW1N's ENGLISH HOME
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Splendid Estatk bought as q. WeAAins
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Many American actors spend their va
first to buy himself "a home across the
sea. Mfr. Goodwin has long been a wan
derer OH the face of the earth without
hearth or home, but he has recently pur-
chased an English country seat Which Ia
said to be the; most beautiful estate
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i was his wedding gift to Maxine Ell
iiott; although the, negotiations had been
pending for several months before his
MARIA &c. The place Is situated in the
midst 81 Kent, and, reckoning distance
according to the English fashion, Is half
IN hour from London. 1t was btlilt by
nm English noblcman about thirty years
ago, III strict imitation of the country
houses Of Queen Elizabeth's time. !,S;n
The house is set on the last of series Of
terraces and is approached by a winding
ancient trees, for the estate is part Of the
old Crown woods. The entrance lodge is
as picturesque as a matched roof and Int
tlced windows can make an abode and is
half hidden in the rank foliage of great
trees The lowest terrace is divided into
tennis courts aud a promenade, the second
is devoted to a flower garden and the
higher terrace, ihclUsed by d 'balustraded
The ii1aii6f house itself looks as IL It had
been rooted, there for centuries. 80 faith
fully has the architect given It the air
and fashion Of the 0ldef time. tt IL a half
timbered and plaster structure iii the TIL
dor style. The windows afe the most
noticeable. feature of the exteri6f: They
are numerous and loaded with diamond
SNAPPED panes. u Inside the Elizabethan
effect is vet stronger. . '-]''. 80
s4aEhp great pntranco ha11. 10 sunore, onIl
paneled from floor to ceiling in dark
woods. The morning room, dining room
and study are OIL the. same level and are
also paneled deliberately. The ceilings,
however, in all the rooms are of plaster.
The large drawing room is on higher lev
seI and OPENS directly on the upper ter
.beautifully-carved mantel with clock
in the center occupies almost the whole
of one wall and every window is provided
with deep seat. from which can be seen
the successioll Of teffaees; sinking away
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Ihe bedrooms are enormous, according
to American notions, many of them be-
ing more than twenty feet square, and
they are provided with all the dressing
rooms, bathrooms and closets dear to the
heart of the English architect The do
mestic offices on the ground floor are lab
rinthian and consist of a great kitchen,
housekeeper's room, linen closets, store
room, buffers pantry, cooks room, dairy,
larder, kniferoom, coalhouse, lamproom,
servants hall. and all the unnamed clos
cts OF an English home. ~.
The stables are on the same scale of
rooniiness and cotnplexity The central
stable has 4 large yard covered with
Iglass, where the horses en1i run, and
THERE are hafness-fo6ins, sroOms' rooms
galore, and OH the ,turret is a Ginning
clock, ~ liz the. case iii every we'll regulat.
ed county house Of fiction. >.
FOrty-f0ut acres of land comprise the
estate, and much Of it is given up to the
gardets: Tbe kitchen garden Is protected
BY high STONE Wall and is stocked with
fruit trees, besides greenhouses, a winery
| and forcing pits. The flower garden is
| full Of choice rose trees and in the tim.
bered Land gtow wild ferns and heather
il the state Of nature. The estate is
known its one of the most complete small
seats Of southern England. Tie pictures
of the house used here are given by cour.
test Of the House Beautiful: s@ ~:
Nj. Goodwin, his wife and sister-in.
law, Miss Gertrude Elliott. have recently
settled themselves here for their first sum
mer in Kent; and intend to remain until
fall engagements, send THEM back to the
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