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ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUITIES.
Such were the principal apartments of Ludlow Castle, as far as they could be
traced in a hasty view. In a curious inventory of the furniture, taken in the reign
of Queen Anne, nearly forty different rooms are enumerated: among these is the
hall, council chamber, the lord president's withdrawing room, my lady's withdrawing
room, the great dining room, Prince Arthur's room, chief justice's apartments,
second judges, &c. puisne judges, &c. captains, &c. &c.
The different periods of the erection of this Castle may be pretty clearly made
out from the styles of architecture displayed in it. The most ancient parts, and
probably the original castle commenced by Roger Fitz-Osborne, are the keep, and
perhaps the nave or round tower of the chapel; these are the only portions that
have any appearance of early Norman work. The keep is, in its general features,
very similar to those of Rochester and others, built by the first Norman barons: it
is a high square tower of several stories, flanked by turrets, with all the arches cir-
cular. The internal parts were also probably like those of this early period; but
subsequent alterations, many of which are very apparent, have much obliterated
them. The round tower of the chapel may not, perhaps, be dated anterior to the
ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUITIES.
Such were the principal apartments of Ludlow Castle, as far as they could be
traced in a hasty view. In a curious inventory of the furniture, taken in the reign
of Queen Anne, nearly forty different rooms are enumerated: among these is the
hall, council chamber, the lord president's withdrawing room, my lady's withdrawing
room, the great dining room, Prince Arthur's room, chief justice's apartments,
second judges, &c. puisne judges, &c. captains, &c. &c.
The different periods of the erection of this Castle may be pretty clearly made
out from the styles of architecture displayed in it. The most ancient parts, and
probably the original castle commenced by Roger Fitz-Osborne, are the keep, and
perhaps the nave or round tower of the chapel; these are the only portions that
have any appearance of early Norman work. The keep is, in its general features,
very similar to those of Rochester and others, built by the first Norman barons: it
is a high square tower of several stories, flanked by turrets, with all the arches cir-
cular. The internal parts were also probably like those of this early period; but
subsequent alterations, many of which are very apparent, have much obliterated
them. The round tower of the chapel may not, perhaps, be dated anterior to the