"The stately home, of England, how beautiful they stand," sang an English poet. They .till stand, but many of them have been forced by high taxation out of browner, hand,. Hampton Court and W.ndjor Castle, being Royal property, are not in thi. category. Mr. Charles Wheeler, continuing hi, article, on hi. tour of Britain, de.cribe. the.e .plendid residence., and al.o Hatfield Hou.e, the h.stonc home of the Marquesses of Salisbury No. 1 and Wo. 2of our illu.tration. .how Hampton Court-Henry VlH.'s Dutch garden, with the Old Palace in the background, and a view of the front, with the lily pond m the foreground. No. 4 is Windsor Castle from the Thames, and the central picture i. of the gateway leading to the Moat Pa...ge, with the Round Tower in the background. No. 3 is . view of Hatfield Hou.e taken dur.ng Emp.re Day celebraUons.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 11, 13 January 1934, Page 1 (Supplement)

"The stately home, of England, how beautiful they stand," sang an English poet. They .till stand, but many of them have been forced by high taxation out of browner, hand,. Hampton Court and W.ndjor Castle, being Royal property, are not in thi. category. Mr. Charles Wheeler, continuing hi, article, on hi. tour of Britain, de.cribe. the.e .plendid residence., and al.o Hatfield Hou.e, the h.stonc home of the Marquesses of Salisbury No. 1 and Wo. 2of our illu.tration. .how Hampton Court-Henry VlH.'s Dutch garden, with the Old Palace in the background, and a view of the front, with the lily pond m the foreground. No. 4 is Windsor Castle from the Thames, and the central picture i. of the gateway leading to the Moat Pa...ge, with the Round Tower in the background. No. 3 is . view of Hatfield Hou.e taken dur.ng Emp.re Day celebraUons.