The Isle of Wight : its history, topography and antiquities : with notes upon its principal seats, churches, manoral houses, legendary and poetical associations, geology and picturesque localities ... / by W. H. Davenport Adams.

  • William Henry Davenport Adams
Date:
1884
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    XI. COWES, EAST. [5 miles from Newport, S miles from Eyde, 15 miles from Ventnor, 14 miles from Sandown, 12 miles from Brighstone. ] Church, pseudo-Gothic (p. 96). East Cowes Castle (Viscountess Gort), half a mile east of the town. East Cowes Parsonage (Ptev. F. Whylie, M.A.). Fairlee (W. G. Beckingsale, Esq.), 3 miles south of Whippingham Church, on the road to Newport. Norris Castle. Osborne House (Her Majesty the Queen). Slatwoods, on East Cowes Hill. Broadlands, Barton, nearly 4 miles from East Cowes. Whippingham Parsonage (Rev. G. Prothero, B.D.), near the Church. Osborne; Whippingham Church, 2 miles south; Barton, 1 mile south-east of Os- borne, adjoining the royal gardens; King's Key, 3§ miles south-east. XII. COWES, WEST. [5 miles from Newport, 12 miles from Ryde, 15 miles from Ventnor, 14 miles from Sandown, 12 miles from Brighstone.] Church, recent design (p. 260). Parsonage. Egypt, on the sea-shore, north of the town. Royal Yacht Club House. Northwood Park (J. D. Lee, Esq.) south of the town, on the hill. West Hill (Misses Ward). Grantham House (G. R. Stevenson, Esq.). Norfolk House (Lady Cosway). Northwood Church, Norman and Trans.- Norman, 2i miles south; Gurnard Bay, 1^ mile west; New Street, 2i miles south- west ; Parkhurst, 4 miles south; Medham, on the river-bank, 2 miles south; and Dodnor, 4 miles south. XIIT. FRESHWATER. [14 miles from Cowes, 10 miles from New- port, 17 miles from Ryde, 20 miles from Ventnor, 19 miles from Sandown, 9 miles from Brighstone. Freshwater (:^ate is nearly 2 miles farther; Alum Baj, from 3 to 4 miles.] Church, Trans.-Norman and Early English; monuments, etc. (p. 200). Rectorj'. Afton House (B. Cotton, Esq.), 1 mile north of I'reshwater Gate. Faringford (Alfred Tennyson, Esq.), 1 mile north-west of the Gate. Marina, north of the village. Middleton, nearly two miles south-west. Norton Cottage, near Norton Lodge. Norton Lodge (Sir G. E. Hamond-Grseme, Bart., Dowager Lady Hamond-Grseme), opposite Yarmouth. West Hill (Rear-Admiral Crozier, R.N.). Alum Bay, 4 miles south-west; The Needles; Freshwater Gate; Yarmouth, 2^ miles, through Norton, and across the new bridge; Afton Down; Brook, 7 miles south-east. XIV. GATCOMBE. [8 miles from Cowes, 3 miles from Newport, 10 miles from Ryde, 8 miles from Vent- nor, 9 miles from Sandown, 9 miles from Brighstone.] Church, Norman, late Perp.; effigy; stained glass (p. 262). Gatcombe House (Mrs. Lane), near the Church. Sheat, manor hovise, date James I., 1 mile south-east; Chillerton Down, 2 miles south-west; Cridmore Wilderness, 3 miles south; Ramsdown, 2h miles south-west. XV. C40DSHILL. [10^ miles from West Cowes, 11 miles from Ryde, 6 miles from Newport, 5 miles from Ventnor, 6 miles from Sandown, 7 miles from Brighstone.] Church, Dec. and Perp.; effigies and orna- ments (p. 262). (Rev. T. Ratcliffe.) Appuldurcombe Park (Rev. W. Pound), about 1^ mile south-east, to the right of the road to Ventnor. Stenbury, manor house, date James I., 1^- mile south; AVroxall Down, 2 miles south- east; Rookley, 2 miles north-west; White- ley Bank, for scenery, about 2 miles east. XVI. KINGSTON. [13 miles from Cowes, 7 miles from Newport, 14 miles from Ryde, 10 miles from Vent- nor, 11 miles from Sandown, 7 miles from Brighstone.] Church, Early English; brass; stained glass (p. 267). (Rev. B. Jones.) Kingston Manor House (Mr. H. S. Morris). Ivy House, half a mile north-east; .Billing-