HAMPTON-COURT, a liberty (extra-parochial), locally
in the parish of Hope under Dinmore, hundred
of WOLPHY, county of HEREFORD, 5 miles (S.S.E.)
from Leominster. Here is a noble and spacious mansion,
on the eastern bank of the river Lug, erected by
Sir Rowland Lenthall, yeoman of the robes to Henry IV.,
who distinguished himself at the battle of Agincourt.
The buildings, which form a quadrangle, display a
mixture of monastic and castellated architecture:
on the north side are a gate-house and angular towers,
one of which joins a chapel, with a fine timber roof
ornamented with carved work; and in the windows are
some armorial bearings in painted glass. The mansion
is situated in the midst of a spacious lawn, surrounded
by a park and pleasure grounds about eight
miles in circumference.