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with fruit trees trained against it. The Best Garden was laid out in the circular pattern we see today by
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There is no map or written evidence to suggest how the garden was laid out by Walter Jones in 1612, but the walls that enclose the garden are 17th-century, and archaeological evidence that suggests that the garden has been laid out the same way for the last 400 years. It is laid out according to the
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and saddling up one of their horses for his escape as the soldiers slumbered. My sisters and I used to lie on the bed in the secret room and pretend we could hear the horses galloping towards us. The bed has now gone and the entrance to the room is barred with one of the
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Somerset is of a similar age and at 172 feet (52 m), is the longest in England. Like much of the house, the Long Gallery ceiling has been subject to damage. The neglect of the roof for almost two centuries led to the failing of part of the plaster ceiling in the early 1800s, but it was not
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glasses engraved with the
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in 1865 became definitive, and Chastleton is considered the birthplace of croquet as a competitive sport. Equipment is provided by the National Trust and in the summer visitors may play a game of croquet if they wish.
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