. London . s agoNorthumberland House at Charing Cross illustrated thedisposition of such mansions. Those who walk down QueenVictoria Street in the City pass on the north side a red brickhouse standing round three sides of a quadrangle. This isthe Heralds College ; a few years ago it preserved its fourthside with its gateway. Four hundred years ago this was thetown-house of the Earls of Derby. Restore the front andyou have the size of a great nobles town palace, yet not oneof the largest. If you wish to understand the disposition ofsuch a building as a noblemans town house, compare it with PLAN
. London . s agoNorthumberland House at Charing Cross illustrated thedisposition of such mansions. Those who walk down QueenVictoria Street in the City pass on the north side a red brickhouse standing round three sides of a quadrangle. This isthe Heralds College ; a few years ago it preserved its fourthside with its gateway. Four hundred years ago this was thetown-house of the Earls of Derby. Restore the front andyou have the size of a great nobles town palace, yet not oneof the largest. If you wish to understand the disposition ofsuch a building as a noblemans town house, compare it with PLANTAGENET 131 the Quadrangle of Clare or that of Queens, House was burned down in the Fire and was rebuiltwithout its hall, kitchen, and butteries, for which there wasno longer any use. As it was before the Fire, a broad andnobie arch with a low tower, but showing no appearance of fortification, opened into thesquare court which was used asan exercising ground for the men at arms. In the rooms. around the courtwas their sleepingaccommodation; atthe side or oppositethe entrance stoodthe hall where thewhole householdtook meals ; oppo-site to the hall was the kitchen with its butteries ; over thebutteries was the room called the Solar, where the Earl andCountess slept; beyond the hall was another room called theLadys Bower, where the ladies could retire from the rough talk of the followers. We have already spoken of this k 2 I. THE COLLEGE OF ARMS, OR HERALDS BRIDEWELL. 3. VIEW OF THE SAVOY FROMTHE THAMES. ,,2 LONDON arrangement The houses beside the river were providedwith stairs, at the foot of which was the state barge in whichmy Lord and my Lady took the air on fine days and wererowed to and from the Court at Westminster. There remains nothing of these houses. They are, withone exception, all swept away. Yet the description of oneor two, the site of others, and the actual remains of onesufficiently prove their magnificence. Let us take one ortwo about w
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