The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-20
MlRl aNDFRSON'S NOME.
q u tn Oa.i broadway. a P,c,urrsi,,- Eng
ll>aa Village.

,i>h VILLAGE.
, When Mary Anderson married NJ d.
/ Navarro and retired from lbs stag- sh'
went 20 anothsr Broadway tn live. II il a
different from ,he pne shs eft a. sunhgh
- from th. -ls-ctric blal- II the Grea
White Way
. A little Iu,-t village III Worcestershire
il Dld Broadway h w. discovered
by the artists about ,h,rtv yearsago, anS
some of them w-r. wise enough To buy
for themselves the rlcturesuuely soiit
stone houses characteristic OF the place
This was the place chosen 10y The Navarro'
for their future home and here they spenC
most Of their time.
Their rambling house is at the top OF tn.
winding street and at tn" foot of the steer
hill by which one crosses the lovely Cots
wolds. For generations what ~ now ont
house served two farms as homesteads
and when Mime de- Navarro first settled
in Broadway sh. was ahla only tn purchdst
the lower ar as 1t Is still known. tonr'
Farm. Her dear friend Miss Maud
Valerie Wbitr. the composer. Was her
n-ighbor: bat when the famoua composer
was forced 10 live abroad because nj her
health her mons. was acquired by IN"
owner OF Court Farm. who connected the
two and mad. one Comn,o'i,ons ana
extrem.,lv interest ing resldcnc"
Viewed from tn. road Court Farm - a
characteristic totswold building IL ~
composed -niir.lx ii loCaI sionS with
muiliohest windows and heavy stat" roof
whi. the many gables add considerably
to is picturcslu" effect The back OF TN"
house ~ from an artIsiic point OF view
perhaps more interest, ing than the front
for here ne lrregularItYl III ia" architecture
il more appsrent
The al eraf IONS a q r.nOVl' iuIs wIICh
u has been necessary - make have been
carried oMt IN the true spIrir OF restoration
and IN no instance has the character
Eeen ohliierlted An Old thatched l'aril
ahov" the house haas leon ""nH"rted
into -gar'ten room wh.r" Mime q"
Navarro and h-r friends often tai" tea
Will" watching games OF crnp,.'" or tennis
on he adlsc-nr well kept lawns
Aud her. too on va rrn summer evenIn -
coffee Is served after dinner. say~ IN"
Gentle YomH" Another outbuilding has
been couv eri.Ad INTO Gv..- court. and
near by an arr lfcsal lake ha, been con-
~ ructed whrr. Master Tony spends
many ho"r- sailing hls model yachts
Tn" grounds and gardens are ext.n-
siv. and h.a,u ,fGlly lad out ~. - only
20 he eNIsCt.d wn.'n Nlfr,-t Pcr-nns.
I he lannon's ar Isl. Was resVs.ns ihlr there
for Near the hons" itself ar" tine lawns
and ar, Is,c flower eds. hut as ore as
'snds the slop" NJ III" hill the odd Wild
character 81 the country asserts itself.
Herr trees II MASSIVE. girth flourish
and Wild flowers grow IN profession, whIb'
a tiny stream buhhlinR over rocks and
l,oulsi.r- and crossed by' = rustic bridge
completes a ~CeDr nf Wild heagtv.
Approaching RI. house one ..pters IN.
ros. garden, wher. climbing ro-'s of
various h,s. are framed over innum-rable
arches. and other varieties. both standard
and bush. grow mNuriartlv What a
deli ghtf'Il peep ~ IN. old world - camel
',s on- hears thu lItih. gr.L-s plot ai ioIn
ing Herr. surrounded Nv nr- view
h"dgs-- 81 innun-rabl- years grown.
IN "a quaint old sundlAl The Courr ward
too CARRIES out rh-. same. ld..a. and " ma,
n pretty GLIMPSE q this IL obtained from
III. dining room Windows Varieties
Of s~ings are arranged ia the grounds.
ga which "a charming liitn. maiden. ariny
replica Of her mother. disporis herself
II the exterior Of the house aud grounds
caIis tn m,nd the good old days the IN
terror IL even NOR. impressive tiny
hall containing ancient OAK furniture leads
20 large srti-tirally shaped lounge or
inner hail This 10 neatly lined with val
liable books. many Of the modern Ones
being presentation copies from the au-
thor. while winding from the c-utr. of
h.. ~ -.
staircase which delights III" lover of the
antique. The walls ar. NJ pan.ll..d oak
and the ancient beams Of the c-Ilinx are
black with age
Tn. fireplace IL gait. ia character with
the rest and contains a larg. open hearth
with iron dos- and bucket for the fir.
itself Above the whole hang the old
tixings. met with in only tn. very few
old farmhouse, i'll the. Cotswo old district
and suspended 'her.from IL "A hug. black
iron kettle. How hoIn-lik. are tn. fax-
got- which blaze away di-p.'llinR the.
winter : cold and throwing brilliant light
into the room. al the sam" time casting
deep shadows into the many hooks and
the wallis and tables. but psrhaJy- one Of
the most valued pDsss--IOn. II "A framed
stole. most beautifully embroidered ia
gold. purple and scarlet which was worn
by hi- Holiness Pope Leo Nil and pre-
sent-d To VI aud Nine Il. Navarro by
Father Bernard Vaughan
fine easement window with deep
window seat looks ont onto tn. garden
Leading from here in the. -choolrOon
where MANY childish poss--sions are dis
PLAYED. ami away toward tn. other wing
10 the huge music room. also oak pan-llsd
and still further Mm. d. Sayarro'-
sanctum and the study of VI. d. Navarro
The right wing contains IN. comfortable
art issically lighted dining room. con
v-ni-ntlv situated with regard 10 th.
kitchens