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The walls of the house externally are rough-cast. Architectural attempt CONTENT 8.-N° 134. is absent, but the building has the pleasing irreNOTES:- Westbourne Green Manor House, 41 — Shak-gularity of outline and depth of roof associated speariana, 43-City Churches, 44-Archiepiscopal English with old houses, and its setting amidst fine trees -William Day, Bishop of Winchester-Jews and Place and green shrubberies adds much to its appearnames, 45-Ages of Animals-Vanishing London—“ Varsal ance. Internally were many and pleasant rooms, World"-Animals Employed as Thieves-St. SwithunMilliner's Bill-Handshaking, 46. and the varying floor levels bore witness to age and to alterations and additions which in the long QUERIES:-John Nyren-John Hebden-"Fifty-dole"-St. course of years the house had experienced. How Bathildes-Maid Ridibone-Wright-Vernor, Hood & Co. old was the structure there is probably nothing to —Delia Bacon, 47 - Penkhurst - Kelland and Fisher-show. The 'Index Villaris' of 1690, as Robins Indian Magic-"Strange Oaths"-Rev. G. Arnet-Burgoyne-Advent Preachers-"Caucus," 48-Cup-cake-points out, notes "more than three gentlemen's seats" in Paddington, and he considers one of these to have been Westbourne Green Manor House. Spiders "St. Stephens "-Authors Wanted, 49. 14 REPLIES:-Admiral Hales, 49-Psalm lxvii., 50-"Jingo" May," 58-Prince of Wales-Wilson, 59. Fotes. WESTBOURNE GREEN MANOR HOUSE. (See 8th 8. v. 327.) In addition to Mr. Carbonell's sketch the Ordnance Survey, made-again fortunately for local history-the year before the demolition of the house, well preserves the memory of the place. The block-plan of the house, with its adjoining stable-yard and outbuildings, the surrounding pleasure grounds, garden, and shrubberies, and even the flower-beds and large trees, are faithfully mapped. The approach from the gate lodge on the Harrow Road was by a curving carriage sweep. Sixty yards of lawn and shrubbery lay between the road and the house, and behind it upwards of a hundred yards in depth was similarly laid out; while beyond through a belt of trees extended "the Long Walk," a furlong in length, terminating at the West Bourne, from which the district took its name. The grounds surrounding the house were four acres in extent, and beyond these lay twenty acres of fields appertaining. It falls to me, after inquiry, to answer my own question, and so doing to put on record a few facts The part of the Westminster Abbey lands which gathered in relation to Westbourne Green, addi- comprehended the Manor House and its appurtional to those noted in my replies touching the tenances had-if I rightly apprehend—become copyresidence of Mrs. Siddons (8th S. v. 258, 354, 453). hold, and at the beginning of the century was in the I find that were the vanished Manor House possession of Rundell, the king's goldsmith, whose again to take form and substance on its old site, business house was at Ludgate Hill. Rundell it would stand across the broad thoroughfare died very wealthy, and left his property to his Sutherland Avenue, its western face about forty-nephew, Mr. Joseph Neeld, of Fulham, a solicitor, five yards from the end of the avenue at the Harrow Road, its southern side about seventy-seven yards north of the canal. Very fortunately for the history of the district when it comes to be written (and for which Lysons, Hughson, and Robins have furnished the basis), a sketch of the old house is preserved in the family of one of its latest occupants, and has been kindly shown to me by Mr. John Carbonell, who was born here. The sketch shows two faces of the building-that towards the Harrow Road, and that towards the canal. It is a large two-storied house with an additional attic story in the high and hipped (i.e., of two slopes) slatecovered roof, above which appear the chimney stacks. To the north of this, the principal portion of the house, is an annex of less height, and beyond, rising above tall shrubbery, is seen the belfry who is said by Robins, in 'Paddington, Past and Present,' to have had in lease all the land in the parish pertaining to the Dean and Chapter, and other land which he had purchased, or more correctly had inherited from Rundell. Subsequently an arrangement was made between the ecclesiastical body and Mr. Neeld by which the latter, surrendering his lease, became fully the owner of a large portion of the estate, including that on which stood the Manor House; his son, Sir John Neeld, was created a baronet in 1859, and dying in 1891, was succeeded in this and his estate at Grittleton, near Chippenham, by his son Sir Algernon. The house was not inhabited by either Rundell or Neeld, its owners. Of its occupants the earliest I hear of--and for my information I am much indebted to Mr. Edward Vigers, who has resided |