Norton House, to the north of the town, near Dover Hill (famous for
the Cotswold games in "the good old days"), is a picturesque, many-
gabled house; and at Mickleton, to the north-east, there are some
curious old buildings. Farther north are the remains of Long Marston
manor-house, still containing the roasting-jack which Charles II. as
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scullery-man omitted to wind up, and brought the wrath of the cook
upon his head, much as King Arthur did when he burnt the cakes. But
our way lies southwards through Broadway to Buckland, Stanton, and
a place that should be sylvan according to its name—Stanway-in-the-
Woods. Buckland church and rectory are both of interest. The former
has a fine Perpendicular tower with some grotesque gargoyle
demons at the corners. The benches are good, and a window dated
1585 retains some ancient painted glass, as the roof does its old
colouring, in which the Yorkist rose is conspicuous. The hall of the
rectory has a fine open-timber roof with central arch richly carved,
and upon a window is depicted a rebus representing one William
Grafton, rector of Buckland from 1450 to 1506. The manor-house
also once possessed a hall with lofty timber-framed roof and huge
fireplace of the fourteenth century; but, sad to relate, it was destroyed
when the house was modernised some years ago, but there still
remains a pretty old staircase of a later date.