Greenwich Park: its history and associations . es,afterwards Queen Caroline, was Ranger of the Park,and resided in that house. It was discovered in 1890,vvhen a dilapidated summer-house was removed fromthe site. A doorway leading from the garden to thebath was bricked up, probably about the time thatthe house was pulled down in 1815. The sides of thebath and the steps leading to it were formerlycovered with small enamelled white tiles, the best ofwhich were utilised when repairing the buildingbefore the grounds were thrown open to the lead pipe two inches in diameter conveyed waterto
Greenwich Park: its history and associations . es,afterwards Queen Caroline, was Ranger of the Park,and resided in that house. It was discovered in 1890,vvhen a dilapidated summer-house was removed fromthe site. A doorway leading from the garden to thebath was bricked up, probably about the time thatthe house was pulled down in 1815. The sides of thebath and the steps leading to it were formerlycovered with small enamelled white tiles, the best ofwhich were utilised when repairing the buildingbefore the grounds were thrown open to the lead pipe two inches in diameter conveyed waterto the bath, but, curious to say, there is no outlet, sothat the water must have been removed by pumping,as a small lead-lined, cup-shaped aperture at one ofthe corners would seem to indicate. The summer-house which stood over the bath was built ofrustic wood, with a slated roof, and seats aroundthe interior. Nearly opposite to the bath is a fort,or redoubt, which was made by The Dukeof Connaught when residing at the Rangers Lodgein GREENWICH CASTLE. II Greenwich Castle. The Castle, or Tower, which occupied a sitewhere the Royal Observatory now stands, was builtby Duke Humphrey in 1433, and repaired, or partlyrebuilt, by Henry VIII. This building would appearto have had four distinct phases of history. DukeHumphrey, in 1433, erected a square buttressedtower with a window facing the river, which HenryVIII., about 1500, rebuilt and added to, the additionsand alterations having extended over a period ofseveral years. About the beginning of the seventeenth century,Lord Northampton still further enlarged and beauti-fied the Castle, where he occasionally resided whenRanger of the Park. Sometimes the Castle was usedas a dwelling-place, sometimes as a prison, and atothers as a place of defence. Puttenham, in hisArt of English Poesie (1589), says that HenryVIII., having Sir Andrew Flamock, standard-bearer,on his barge going from Westminster to Greenwichto visit a lady whom th
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