text:  Behind the main body of the house thus irregularly constructed was a species of small inner-court or garden enclosed between the old tower and the walls that connected it with the mansion on one side and a wing of the building which extended to the side of the stream on the other; whilst opposite to the back of the house which was now wholly unoccupied and almost in a ruinous state a strong and thick parapet skirted the river and completed the parallelogram