Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-02-06

for cannon near the upper part OF the
bastIons. The entrance from the land
ward side was by drawbridge and
strong machicolated gateway. Within
each castle was a well. The bastion
walls were 20 feet thick below and II
feet above. Their archisect was prob-
ably one Steven Won Haschenperg.
The garrison of Walmer consisted OF
a captain, lieutenant, two porSers, ten
gunners and four soldiers.
Less than a century later we read
Of Walmer castle as much decayed and
threatened by the sea at high tides !;
moreover, rain drives into the rooms
and powder houses, the gate is decayed
with loose stones hanging over" and
so forth. II was presumably patched
up. During the Civil war the castles
changed hands more than once. WAL
mer was besieged by Parliament troops
il 1913. and held out for month be-
fore surrendering 1t was much
spoiled with the granades." but the
repairs were only estimated to cost
$500. The castles continued to be Of
military importance throughout the
seventeenth century.
additions by Lord Wardens.
The first lord warden to make WAL
mer castle his residence was the duke
of Dorset, appointed In 170s and again
In 1927 About 1870 he made various
alterations and additions to the old
structure to provide the necessary ac-
commodatiOn for a household: further
considerable additions were made by
Mr.. Pitt, the earl Of Liverpool, and
Earl Granville Apart from certain
chambers belonging to the original
military work and since merely adapt
ed to the uses of domestic service. the
oldest parts Of the existing mansion
are the chambers built by the duke of
Dorset. Bucks view, dated 1875,
shows the general aspect Of this build
ing. It is raised over the central mass
of the castle and follows the outlines
of It's walls. There is nothing remark
able about the architecture or the dec
grafton of the rooms. A small central
hall, a long passage leading through 1t,
with others branching off as con-
venience dietated-these are the ele-
ments Of the plan. The plain stone
wall is pierced by oblong sash-win-
dows and the crest OF the wall is
battlemented
The duke of Dorset's additions were
mainly on the sea front, which re-
mains much as he left II. | believe
the drawing-room was his--a pleasant,
sunny chamher--but Lord Granville
added to It. Mr.. Pitt built the rooms
over the southern rampant Finally,
in 1868, Lord Granville added story
containing thirteen rooms over the
gate-house bastion. He also built the
tower The stone employed came from
the demolition OF Sandown castle. He
added 10 the drawing-room, as an all
cove, the little room In which 1t Is as
serted that Nelson and Pitt used to
confer.
There is nothing stately or impress
sive about the aspect of the interior,
but the lrregularity of the plan adds to
the effect of domestic comfort and pri-
vacy which peryades the house. One
can easily understand how successive
families have become attached to 1t.
Externally there are several quite Inn
pressive points of view, chiefly those
which command the massive and pre-
clpitous walls rising from the moat.
One of the walls, pulled dawn on the
occasion of Queen Ssetnrta's visit 10
make new dining-rcom. was soon
afterward rebuilt. Talleyrand when
he visited walmer insisted on sleeping
in Pitts room.