Toad Hall

Toad Hall may refer to:

  • The fictional residence of Mr. Toad in Kenneth Grahame's novel The Wind in the Willows or a number of supposed inspirations for this building in England:
    • Hardwick House in Oxfordshire
    • Mapledurham House in Oxfordshire
    • Fawley Court in Buckinghamshire
  • Toad Hall, Canberra, Australia

Famous quotes containing the words toad hall, toad and/or hall:

    “Helpless, unknown, and unremembered, most human beings, however sensitive, idealistic, intelligent, go through life as passengers rather than chauffeurs. Although we may pretend that it is the chauffeur who is the social inferior ... most of us, like Toad of Toad Hall, would not mind a turn at the wheel ourselves.”
    —Ralph Harper (b. 1915)

    “Waxed-fleshed out-patients
    Still vague from accidents,
    And characters in long coats
    Deep in the litter-baskets
    All dodging the toad work
    By being stupid or weak.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “Her cabined, ample spirit,
    It fluttered and failed for breath.
    Tonight it doth inherit
    The vasty hall of death.”
    —Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)