Greenwich Park: its history and associations . ich the carving is wasoriginally the outer boundary of the building facingthe tilt-yard; but with additions and alterations,a second wall was built, which completely hid thearms from view. The late Vicar, the Rev. BrookeLambert, told me that when he took up residencethe carving was partially covered with paint andplaster, but this he had carefully removed, as wellas the outer wall lowered, so that the arms might bevisible from Park Row and East Street. This house, formerly occupied by the RangersSteward, next by the Auditors of the RoyalNaval Scho
Greenwich Park: its history and associations . ich the carving is wasoriginally the outer boundary of the building facingthe tilt-yard; but with additions and alterations,a second wall was built, which completely hid thearms from view. The late Vicar, the Rev. BrookeLambert, told me that when he took up residencethe carving was partially covered with paint andplaster, but this he had carefully removed, as wellas the outer wall lowered, so that the arms might bevisible from Park Row and East Street. This house, formerly occupied by the RangersSteward, next by the Auditors of the RoyalNaval School, and latterly by a Commissionerof Greenwich Hospital, was sold in 1866 for theVicarage. It was purchased from the RoyalHospital for £2,600. Originally the five houses which occupy a sitewithin the Park from near Maze Hill Railway Stationupwards were an hospital, the remains of the chapel—which, however, was of much earlier date—being stillvisible in the grounds of the upper house, tenantedby Mr. G. H. Beaver. The ground on which these. HISTORIC HOUSES. 31 houses stand was originally (about 1660) an orchard,but at a later date the trees were grubbed up and thewhole converted into a burying-ground, with thechapel at one end and a small gate lodge at theother. The present houses are of recent date, andwould appear to be subdivisions of the hospital whichwas erected in 1782. In 1707, Prince George ofDenmark gave 660 feet by 52 feet of ground lyingby the side of the Park, adjoining Maze Hill, fora burying-ground. Burials ceased in 1749. Whentrenching and preparing the ground for the adjoiningshrubbery many human remains were unearthed, asalso building materials from the old gate lodge. Thecircular pillar by the corner of the chapel is one ofthe finest pieces of brickwork within the Park. Vanbrugh Castle, a copy of the Bastille, comesnext. It was built by Sir John Vanbrugh, about1717, as was also Mince Pie House, close by. Notfar distant was Westcombe Park House, at one timet
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