The natural situation of BURLEY differs from that of every other large place which has fallen under my consideration. To say that the house stands on a lofty hill, would be giving a very imperfect idea of its situation; on the contrary, it ought rather to be described as a magnificent palace, built on the extremity of avast plain, or, what is called by geographers, a table mountain, from the brow of which it boldly commands an assemblage of wood, water, lawn, and distant country, spread magnificently at its base.
[The property was formerly kown as Burleigh on the Hill. It survives but has been converted into flats. It has one of the best-known examples of a terrace planned by Humphry Repton. - TT]
