The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn: A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot by Evelyn Everett-Green

Instead of the grim pile of gray masonry that had once adorned the crest of the wooded hill, its narrow loopholes and castellated battlements telling of matters offensive and defensive, a fair and home-like mansion of red brick overlooked the peaceful landscape, adorned with innumerable oriel windows, whose latticed casements shone brilliantly in the southsunlight as it fell upon the handsome frontage of the stately house.