. The environs of London: being an historical account of the towns, villages, and hamlets, within twelve miles of that capital interspersed with biographical anecdotes. he angles with variety of feveral kinds of curious works. On thefame, that is, the firft floor, were the Kings chamber, the Queenschamber, and feveral other rooms, in one of which was a lytle wyndow to looke into the greate kitchen. On this floor was alfoa ftone gallery 62 feet long, on the walls of which were many compendious fentences. At the eafl: and wefl end of the houfewere two ftaircafes 20 feet fquare, topped with turre
. The environs of London: being an historical account of the towns, villages, and hamlets, within twelve miles of that capital interspersed with biographical anecdotes. he angles with variety of feveral kinds of curious works. On thefame, that is, the firft floor, were the Kings chamber, the Queenschamber, and feveral other rooms, in one of which was a lytle wyndow to looke into the greate kitchen. On this floor was alfoa ftone gallery 62 feet long, on the walls of which were many compendious fentences. At the eafl: and wefl end of the houfewere two ftaircafes 20 feet fquare, topped with turrets of a great height, covered with blue flate; in the middle pinnacles whereof (ftood) two faier gilded wether-cocks, perfpicuous to the countrie round about. The weft fi:aircafe contained 82 fteps, the eaftftairs, ;^;^. Thefe ftaires, fays the Survey, are adorned with one large picture of Henry the Fourth of France in armes on horfeback, fet in a large frame; placed at the head thereof, and with land-* fkipps of battayles, anticks, heaven and hell, and other curious* works J under the ftaires is a little compleate room called the « Den 17^ .*^*^??^ ~^^N r<l. WIMBLEDON. 527 Den of Lyons, paynted round with lyons and leopards. The great gallery on the fecond floor was 109 feet 8 inches long, and P^^^^^^^e 21 feet I inch broad, floored with cedar-boards cafting a pleafant fecond floor. ** fmell, feeled and bordered with fret-work well-wrought, very well lighted, and waynfcotted round with well-wroughte oake 13 foot 6 inches high, garnifhed with fillets of gould on the pillers, and ftarrs and crofs patees on the panes, in the middle whereof is a very fayre and large chimnie-piece of black and whyte marble ingraved with coates of armes adorned with feveral curious and well-guilded ftatues of alablafter, with a foot-pace of * black and whyte marble. Near this gallery was a room called Summer the Summer Chamber, 45 feet long and 20 broad, floored alfo with cedar, well feeled with
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