[…] for a moment pause to examine on our left the curious old castellated farm house of Tiddebrook. How came it to be erected in this form? How long has it been built? who were its former inhabitants? are questions vainly asked. The pointed windows and arched door are there; the supporting buttresses, and battlemented walls rise above; but the dame and squire who once dwelt therein are gone: their very names are lost in the ruthless sweep of time. The oddest thing is that the dwelling is so small. Who could have taken the trouble to erect such a baby-house in this extra cathedra style of architecture? The place is more like a pigeon house than a dwelling for man and beast.

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