Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-01-30
TIE GARDEN FRONT

w WENT 10 Cliden. that s,upen
III dcus natural rock. wood and
~ prospect. OF the duke OF liuck
inghams building-of extraor
binary eXpanse The grotls In
he ,halky rock are pretty-it Is 70
mantle object. and the place aiio
selher answers the most poetical de
acripIion that can be- made OF solitude
precipiCe. prospect or whatever can
Contribute to thing so very IKE
heir imasinations The stand u
,omething like frascati as 10 It's 'front.'
md on the platform IN a circular vie"
10 the utmost verge OF the horizon
which with the serpenting OF th'
Thames. IN admirable The staircas.
IL for its materials singular. and the
rloisters descents. gardens and ave
nup through the wood august and
stately. but the land all about barren
and producing nothing but ferne In
decd. as told his majesty that eve
ming tafkrg me how liked Cl'idenl
without fatt-ry. that II did not please
mo so well IA Windsor FOR the pros
meet and park there being but only
one opening. and that narrow. when
ied one TO ally variety
John Evelyn mude this entry In his
diary more than Two centuries ago
hut The impression made on the mod
,rn visitor la no less rich and strik
ng Nothing Of the dukes house re-
mains except the great under.buildn g
~ the magnificent terrace, 400 feet
eng and - feet wide. but even this
-as been much altered especially NJ
he disposition of the sjairways The
nrd.ns have been changed and III,
Prospect OF the neiGhboring country u
10 longer bare bat cultivated aud
milling
cheekersd History
Although EVELYN was right IN claim
ra Tor the ROYAL creue great and
urcndned outlook the view from th'
errnce ~ Wind or overlooking Eio'
college and the mrsdoHs scarcely sur
passes IN. SPLENDID picture which
meets the eve fton the terrace a.
Cllveden. with ths Thames vindlns
rNe a silver thread through the gap
foreground Of trees The house
aas had an unusually chpckered his
ory There does not seem TO have
been any building on the site until 4
vas bought hy George Nilliers secon,
luke Of buckingham. some time ate
he restoration The architect sa'
'pptain Wynne. or Wlnde a native o
holland and pupil OF Sir Baltharai
Gerber lie was man OF considera
Die ability. and rs. perhaps best -
peubered now for his design OF New
castle house l.'ncolns Inn Fi"ld-
which remains though someV ha' III
tered Very little IL known O
Wvrne lie must have been a lrien,
N samuel Pepys FOR he received
tventy.shilliag- mourning ring a. hi
funeral In 1903 but there Is no mer
/ tlon Of him In the diary We have n,
/ space here 10 attempt a sketch ~ 81
vivid and contradictory a characto
"a George Vill'ers Like Charles n
| ne dahblcd In the arts and sciences
and as pryau Fairfax wrote OF him
spent much on building in that sor
~ architecture which Cicero calls In
| .anae substructiones Unfortunately
/ Fairfax the author OF the only cor
temporary biography Of the duke
gives no details ~ his architecture
! employments The work At Cliyede'
vas begun about 1865 aud among IN
state papers there Is slgnihcan
Warrant dated June q. 1877 Tn
duke was then a prisoner IN the. tou
or and had permission 10 90 to Give
den. attended by Sir John Robinson
70 take order about carrying on som
buildings % his there. and 20 renal
! IN the 23d and then return 20 IN
] tower
"a 1885 more bY'd.as sas done d
/ rlNedou G.acodl lerni the Italian
Who vas architect OF Cllndon pari
designed thc small octasonal tempt
which stands southwest OF the mai
building
Stately Structure.
The year 1925 proved disastrous 70
Cliyeden. for on May 20 Il was almos
wholly consumed by Are. with the q,
-eption. We may well suppose. OF IN
insane substructiones In 1872
he estate vas bought by Sir Georg
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