. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . an outer court, duly protected by amoat still visible, running parallel with them ; the Botehousehaving now made a clean sweep of its fuel and forage, andacquired the dig-nity of a studio,wherein some ofthose o i 1 paint-ings from LordCarlisles brush,in the domesticrooms, may havebeen from time totime produced. A few stepswithin this Gate-way, in the outerwall of the Castle,is an entrance dis-playing Lord Wil-liam Howardsshield and lead-ing into the quad-rangle ; the casualtripper not being supposed to turn to the left, into the Smoking-
. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . an outer court, duly protected by amoat still visible, running parallel with them ; the Botehousehaving now made a clean sweep of its fuel and forage, andacquired the dig-nity of a studio,wherein some ofthose o i 1 paint-ings from LordCarlisles brush,in the domesticrooms, may havebeen from time totime produced. A few stepswithin this Gate-way, in the outerwall of the Castle,is an entrance dis-playing Lord Wil-liam Howardsshield and lead-ing into the quad-rangle ; the casualtripper not being supposed to turn to the left, into the Smoking-room in the base-ment, but to cross the Court and present himself at the doorwaywith a similar shield. While awaiting admission, the curious maydetect around the quadrangle three periods of construction — SirThomas Dacres work, Lord Williams work, and the post-1844-flre repairs. With ones back to the door, to the left is the DacreTower, with the older Pele masonry at its base ; between whichand the twelfth-century Byzantine well-head from Venice were. THE GATEWAY WITH DACRE SHIELD 2 88 IRawortb Castle some lodging-rooms of the Lord William era; these, however,having succumbed to the fire, the massive Dacre curtain nowstands exposed, pierced by the main gateway, through which amounted knight could pass without lowering his lance. The Hallis fine indeed. Before the fire its roof was flat and panelled, andcontained hypothetical portraits of King Brute and his successors,brought in 1004 from Kirkoswald Castle. At its upper end was apartition, where now stands the tall tapestried screen shutting offthe dais portion into a dining-room ; at the lower end was astone screen, by Sir John Vanbrugh, apparently somewhat similarto the one at Audley End, where, parenthetically, is an excellentportrait of Lord Williams mother, the Duchess of Norfolk, thoughit is but the half of a picture of which the other half is said to bein Lord Westmorlands possession. This out-of-place stone affairhad t
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