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rochester castle, kent.
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Duchess lodging, with one little room or closet between the two last recited chambers,
within all which is one room, being the foundation or lowermost part of the said
tower called the Dutchess clossett, with a chimney therein, from the which said
Dutches lodging leadeth a fair gallery paved with brick, and a steyer at the end
thereof ascending to the Duke's lodging being over the same, used for a privy way.
From the upper end of the great hall a steyer ascending up towards the great cham-
ber, at the top whereof are two lodging rooms. Leading from the steyer's head to
the great chamber is a fair room paved with brick, and a chimney in the same. At
the end whereof doth meet a fair gallery, leading from the great chamber to the
Earle of Bedford's lodging on the one side, and to the chappell on the other side.
The great chamber very fair, with a chimney therein, within the same is one other
fair chamber, called the dining chamber within, a chimney therein likewise. And
within that again is one other fair chamber, with a chimney therein also, called the
privy chamber, and within the same again is one other chamber or closet, called the
Dukes jewell chamber. Next unto the privy chamber, on the inner part thereof is a
fair round chamber, being the second story of the tower, called the Duke's bed
chamber, with a chimney in the same. From the privy chamber a steyer leadeth
up into an other fair round chamber over the Duke's bed chamber (like unto the
same) being the third story of the tower, and so upwards to answer a like chamber
over the same, called the same again, where the evedents do lye. All which last
recited buildings, called the new buildings, are builded fair with free-stone covered
with lead."
^odjester Castle,
kent.
It was my intention to have given views and elevations of the Keep-tower of this Castle, with
an ample account, but am prevented for want of space. I mean, however, at no very
distant period, to publish an ample illustration of Castellated Architecture, with views,
plans, &c. of a great variety of ancient castles ; also, an historical essay on the progress
and peculiar characteristics of the regular fortresses, and fortified mansions of the country.
Th e accompanying plate shews plans of the first and second stories of the Keep-
tower of Rochester Castle. No. 2 is the lower, or ground floor: and No. 1 the
s. vol. iv
129
Duchess lodging, with one little room or closet between the two last recited chambers,
within all which is one room, being the foundation or lowermost part of the said
tower called the Dutchess clossett, with a chimney therein, from the which said
Dutches lodging leadeth a fair gallery paved with brick, and a steyer at the end
thereof ascending to the Duke's lodging being over the same, used for a privy way.
From the upper end of the great hall a steyer ascending up towards the great cham-
ber, at the top whereof are two lodging rooms. Leading from the steyer's head to
the great chamber is a fair room paved with brick, and a chimney in the same. At
the end whereof doth meet a fair gallery, leading from the great chamber to the
Earle of Bedford's lodging on the one side, and to the chappell on the other side.
The great chamber very fair, with a chimney therein, within the same is one other
fair chamber, called the dining chamber within, a chimney therein likewise. And
within that again is one other fair chamber, with a chimney therein also, called the
privy chamber, and within the same again is one other chamber or closet, called the
Dukes jewell chamber. Next unto the privy chamber, on the inner part thereof is a
fair round chamber, being the second story of the tower, called the Duke's bed
chamber, with a chimney in the same. From the privy chamber a steyer leadeth
up into an other fair round chamber over the Duke's bed chamber (like unto the
same) being the third story of the tower, and so upwards to answer a like chamber
over the same, called the same again, where the evedents do lye. All which last
recited buildings, called the new buildings, are builded fair with free-stone covered
with lead."
^odjester Castle,
kent.
It was my intention to have given views and elevations of the Keep-tower of this Castle, with
an ample account, but am prevented for want of space. I mean, however, at no very
distant period, to publish an ample illustration of Castellated Architecture, with views,
plans, &c. of a great variety of ancient castles ; also, an historical essay on the progress
and peculiar characteristics of the regular fortresses, and fortified mansions of the country.
Th e accompanying plate shews plans of the first and second stories of the Keep-
tower of Rochester Castle. No. 2 is the lower, or ground floor: and No. 1 the
s. vol. iv