St Stephens House

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    straightway like a bell
    Came low and clear
    The slow, sad murmur of the distant seas,
    —James Kenneth Stephens (1882–1950)

    [They] hired a large house as a receptacle for gentlewomen, who either had no fortunes, or so little that it would not support them. For these they made the most comfortable institution [and] provided [them] with all conveniences for rural amusements, a library, musical instruments, and implements for various works.
    Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)