The South Wales coast from Chepstow to Aberystwyth . OLD AND NEW CARDIFF 69 gerated proportions through many an Arthurianpage. Cardiff Castle, as you now see it, is the master-piece of the late Marquess of Bute, who died in1900. Mr. Burges, a great designer, was the archi-tect to whom the alterations and restorations wereentrusted; and to him we owe the ornate ClockTower, the restored curtain wall, and other changes,including the clearing away in advance of the oldwalls and houses which blocked the view. Thepanels on either side of the clock-face are adornedby statues of Mars and Sol and Jupit
The South Wales coast from Chepstow to Aberystwyth . OLD AND NEW CARDIFF 69 gerated proportions through many an Arthurianpage. Cardiff Castle, as you now see it, is the master-piece of the late Marquess of Bute, who died in1900. Mr. Burges, a great designer, was the archi-tect to whom the alterations and restorations wereentrusted; and to him we owe the ornate ClockTower, the restored curtain wall, and other changes,including the clearing away in advance of the oldwalls and houses which blocked the view. Thepanels on either side of the clock-face are adornedby statues of Mars and Sol and Jupiter, with thesigns of the Zodiac under their feet; the lead roofis garnished with strange stars. The Clock Towerwould make in itself a desirable mansion for aWelsh poet of degrees, or an summer smoking-room comes at the top ofall, with a gallery and dome whose panels againdisplay starry decorations, while the secrets ofthe Zodiac appear in the painted tiles between thewindows, and a dado of red marble completes ascheme of cMour t
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