South London . This is a mostnoble chamber, with a roof of oak as perfect as when it wasbuilt ; the two magni- !! jl^: Wfm. J5357V- . N^-if) ficent bays remain, withthe double row of win-dows. It would bedifficult to find a finerbanqueting hall in thewhole country thanthat of Eltham. In thegrounds, the traces ofthe wall and those ofother buildings oughtto make it possible,with a very little exca-vation, to trace a planof the whole house. As was Eltham, sowas Kennington. Bothplaces were built forthe same purpose aboutthe same time. Both were castles erected on a plain without the aid of hillock
South London . This is a mostnoble chamber, with a roof of oak as perfect as when it wasbuilt ; the two magni- !! jl^: Wfm. J5357V- . N^-if) ficent bays remain, withthe double row of win-dows. It would bedifficult to find a finerbanqueting hall in thewhole country thanthat of Eltham. In thegrounds, the traces ofthe wall and those ofother buildings oughtto make it possible,with a very little exca-vation, to trace a planof the whole house. As was Eltham, sowas Kennington. Bothplaces were built forthe same purpose aboutthe same time. Both were castles erected on a plain without the aid of hillock,mound or running stream - unless the moat at Kennington wasfed by one of the many streams of South London. The planof 1636 shows approximately the line of the wall; the streamor the ditch marks the course of the moat ; the Long Barn on the cast side of tl e palace belonged to the service —itwas kitchens, stables, armoury, brewery, or granary. Thehouse itself had its principal entrance on the north. This is. -- . J 76 SOUTH LONDON certain, because all the supplies were brought by what isnow Kennington Road either from Westminster Ferry orfrom Southwark. A gate on this side simplified thetransference which took place when the court moved fromone place to another ; when everything—bedding, blankets,utensils of all kinds, plate, batterie de cuisine, the workmenwith their tools, the wardrobe of king and queen—was packedup and carried from Westminster over the ferry to Kenning-ton, or from Kennington to Woolwich. Provisions and goodssent up from the City were also landed at Stangate, Lambeth,so as to get as short a land journey as possible. For thesereasons I place the principal gate at the north. I have seen it stated—I know not with what truth—thatthe people of the streets now on the site have found sub-structures beneath their houses. If so, one would expect,what one cannot find, some tradition to account for theexistence of these stone vaults. Such was the vanished Pal
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