. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE belong the diagonal buttresses to the north-west and south-east wings terminating in embattled turrets, and possibly the embattled parapets, though these may be of earlier date. There were further slight additions in 17 36 and also in the middle of the last century, about , when an addition, four stories in height, forming a kind of tower, I 5 ft. by 30 ft., was built rather awkwardly at the outer angle of the north-west wing. There is also a low two- story wing on the north-west side forming o
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE belong the diagonal buttresses to the north-west and south-east wings terminating in embattled turrets, and possibly the embattled parapets, though these may be of earlier date. There were further slight additions in 17 36 and also in the middle of the last century, about , when an addition, four stories in height, forming a kind of tower, I 5 ft. by 30 ft., was built rather awkwardly at the outer angle of the north-west wing. There is also a low two- story wing on the north-west side forming out- buildings and a dwelling-house over 120 ft. in length. The walls are constructed of roughly-coursed rubble, but the porch and angle buttresses are of ashlar. The older windows have mostly mullions and transoms, but the later ' Gothic' windows mullions only with heavy hood moulds. The walls terminate throughout in embattled parapets, behind which the hipped roofs are scarcely visible. The principal entrance is by the porch, which is of early igth-century date, into the 18th-century date, at which time most likely some reconstruction of the plan would be necessitated at this point. The two large 18th-century rooms in the south- east wing are of no particular interest, but the floor being raised considerably above the level of the ground outside allows of a basement story, in which some ancient features may still be seen, the lower part of a circular stone staircase being still in position near the inner wall at the north end. The basement is entered from the courtyard through a doorway of unusual shape, the opening narrowing towards the top, which is round-headed under a square hood mould. This door is apparently of 16th-century date pierced through the older wall and is 6 ft. high, though its peculiar shape makes it appear much less. The basement is also connected with the wing opposite by a passage running along the front of the middle wing. The upper floor of the south-eas
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