Highways and byways in Surrey . ers for veryold architecture will be disappointed. One of the oldest i0^ Looking laniards Farnlta!:! from Thursley Coiiiiuon. buildings in the town is a tiny set of almshouses, wh(xse lowlygables line the road under the castle hill. They were built byAndrew Windsor, of the parish of Bentley in Hampshire, in1619, and were intended, as an inscription on the wall informsyou, For the Habitation and Relief of eight poor HonestImpotent Old Persons. Even with four epithets, the almonersseem to find life supportable. The greatest and the oldest building is, of course, t
Highways and byways in Surrey . ers for veryold architecture will be disappointed. One of the oldest i0^ Looking laniards Farnlta!:! from Thursley Coiiiiuon. buildings in the town is a tiny set of almshouses, wh(xse lowlygables line the road under the castle hill. They were built byAndrew Windsor, of the parish of Bentley in Hampshire, in1619, and were intended, as an inscription on the wall informsyou, For the Habitation and Relief of eight poor HonestImpotent Old Persons. Even with four epithets, the almonersseem to find life supportable. The greatest and the oldest building is, of course, the stands nobly on a hill, towards which the street rises likea carriage drive, ending in a flight of steps. Once it musthave dominated the town as a fortress, but since Cromwellbroke down the keep, Farnham has looked up at a quieterand more episcopal pile—a fine gateway tower, built by BishopFox early in the sixteenth century. Much of the castle standsas he rebuilt it after various misfortunes in baronial and other. i6 TIIK DUKES PILLOW chap. wars, but ine front as it looks down on Farnham is less imposing cedar trees, out of a group of several, break theline of Foxs massive red brick. Local legend has aged themconsiderably, for two hundred years is suggested as a modestestimate of their antiquity. As a fact, they cannot be muchjiiore than one hundred years old. They were planted byMrs. North, wife of Bishop North, who held the See from1781 to 1820, and in an engraving of the castle published in1792 there is not a sign of them. The cedar is a very fast-growing tree—one of the reasons why it is so brittle. TheFarnham cedars are as brittle as any others. I was told thatwhen the present Bishop went abroad early in the year 1908,he was hesitating over cutting off some of the larger brancheswhich shaded the castle wall and would not let it dry. TheApril snow settled the question for him, and broke the brancheshe had thought of lopping. Farnham Castle has en
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