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ludlow castle, shropshire.
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first crusade, as such buildings were doubtless copies of the Church of the Holy
Sepulchre, at Jerusalem. The next style which presents itself is the whole range
of building on the northern side of the court, consisting principally of two great
square towers, connected by a curtain, in which are the hall and state apartments.
The sharp-pointed arches and delicate ribbed mouldings denote them as belonging
to the age of the three first Edwards. The offices and ramparts were also probably
of this era. Of the fifteenth century, little more appears than some chimney-piece
arches, perhaps, several windows in the keep, and a flat arched door within a square,
inserted in it, as a new and more airy entrance to the dungeon. The ornamented
remains of a small door to a stair-case in the interior gate-house, may be assigned to
the period of Prince Arthur's residence. The gate, with its adjoining rooms, are of
Queen Elizabeth's reign, as are the stables in the exterior court.
Although this splendid Castle escaped the levelling fury of the puritanical con-
vulsion, it has had the hard fate of suffering grievously from the dilapidating neglect
and gradual spoil of comparatively modern days. But the utmost care is taken by
the noble possessor, to whom it happily now belongs, to preserve the ruins from
further destruction; many breaches have been closed, and a considerable expense
has been incurred in freeing the venerable pile from deformities which had crept
within its walls. The declivity on which the Castle stands, commanding a view of
almost unrivalled beauty, was laid out and planted as a public walk, by the late
Countess of Powis, whose munificence and good taste claim the gratitude of the in-
habitants of this pleasant town, and of every genuine admirer of fine scenery.
HUGH OWEN.
Shrewsbury, April, 1814.
^>toke^ap, 01 &tokz Castle,
shropshire.
bt the rev. j. b. blakeway.
This manor was held in the Saxon times by Eldred, a free man. At the time of
the Domesday-Survey it was holden in chief by Roger de Laci: and the same
family continued long to enjoy the superiority of it; for when, in the beginning of
the reign of Henry II. Hugh de Say granted the advowson of the church to the
q. vol. iv.
113
first crusade, as such buildings were doubtless copies of the Church of the Holy
Sepulchre, at Jerusalem. The next style which presents itself is the whole range
of building on the northern side of the court, consisting principally of two great
square towers, connected by a curtain, in which are the hall and state apartments.
The sharp-pointed arches and delicate ribbed mouldings denote them as belonging
to the age of the three first Edwards. The offices and ramparts were also probably
of this era. Of the fifteenth century, little more appears than some chimney-piece
arches, perhaps, several windows in the keep, and a flat arched door within a square,
inserted in it, as a new and more airy entrance to the dungeon. The ornamented
remains of a small door to a stair-case in the interior gate-house, may be assigned to
the period of Prince Arthur's residence. The gate, with its adjoining rooms, are of
Queen Elizabeth's reign, as are the stables in the exterior court.
Although this splendid Castle escaped the levelling fury of the puritanical con-
vulsion, it has had the hard fate of suffering grievously from the dilapidating neglect
and gradual spoil of comparatively modern days. But the utmost care is taken by
the noble possessor, to whom it happily now belongs, to preserve the ruins from
further destruction; many breaches have been closed, and a considerable expense
has been incurred in freeing the venerable pile from deformities which had crept
within its walls. The declivity on which the Castle stands, commanding a view of
almost unrivalled beauty, was laid out and planted as a public walk, by the late
Countess of Powis, whose munificence and good taste claim the gratitude of the in-
habitants of this pleasant town, and of every genuine admirer of fine scenery.
HUGH OWEN.
Shrewsbury, April, 1814.
^>toke^ap, 01 &tokz Castle,
shropshire.
bt the rev. j. b. blakeway.
This manor was held in the Saxon times by Eldred, a free man. At the time of
the Domesday-Survey it was holden in chief by Roger de Laci: and the same
family continued long to enjoy the superiority of it; for when, in the beginning of
the reign of Henry II. Hugh de Say granted the advowson of the church to the
q. vol. iv.