Orchard Wyndham, Somerset, early 18th century (oil on canvas)

An extensive landscape. In the foreground are a terrace and figures with an avenue beyond leading to a fountain and stables. The house is to the right with hills and a river estuary in the distance. Orchard, the Somerset home of John Sydenham, whose daughter married Sir John Wyndham, Kt (d.1574) was afterwards called Orchard Wyndham. Orchard Wyndham, has been, the seat of the Wyndham family since the 16th century, and is situate near the church of the town of Williton. It is still occupied by the family. It encapsulates continuous building and alterations from the 14th to the 20th centuries, and has an exceptionally complicated plan. It is diffficult to reconstruct its architectural history, but the earliest part is the medieval north east side, and there is a considerable amount of Tudor work. There is a pseudo-Roman tombstone known as 'Mother Shipton's tomb' in the grounds. Mother Shipton (1488-c.1560) was a famous English witch who made a number of famous prophecies.