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 The Kentish castles built by Henry VIII were completed about 154O and placed under the control of the lord warden. The following description of them is compressed from Elgin: In the center is the keep-a circular tow CT containing a bomb-proof magazine for ammunition. It is surrounded by bastions with ffty-two port-holes be- low, commanding the encompassing moat. Tunnels or chimneys were con- trived to carry off the smoke of the guns. There were larger embrasures for cannon near the upper part of the bast1ons. 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 architect was prob ably one Steven von Haschenperg. The garrison of Walmer consisted of a captain, lieutenant. two porters, ten gunners and four soldiers. ...--~,-- Less than a century later we read of Walmer castle as much decayed and threatened by the sen at high tides i; moreover, rain drives into the rooms | and powder houses, the gate is decayed with loose stones hanging over." and so forth. It was presumably patched up. During the Civil war the castles changed hands more than once. Wal mer was besieged by Parliament troops l in 164S, and held out for month be fore surrendering. It was much spoiled with the granades," but the repairs were only estimated to cost f3O0. The castles continued to be of military importance throughout the seventeenth century.
 Additions by Lord Wardens. The first lord warden to make Wall mer castle his residence was the duke Of Dorset. appointed in f7OS and again | in 1727. About 173O he made various I alterations and additions to the old l structure to provide the necessary ac- l commodattOn for household further | considerable additions were made by | MT. Pitt, the earl of Liverpool, and Earl Granville. Apart from certain chambers belonging to the original
 
 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 1735, shows the general aspect of this build ing. It Is raised over the central mass | Of the castle and follows the outlines of its walls There is nothing remark able about the architecture or the dec oration of the rooms. A small central hali, long passage leading through it, with others branching off as con- venience dictated-these are the ele- ments Of the plan The plain stone wall is pierced by obaong sash-win- dows and the crest of the wall is battaegneuted.
 The duke of Dorsef's additions were mainly on the sea front, which re mains much as he left it. I believe the drawing-room was his-a pleasant, sunny chamber-but Lord Granville added to 1t. MT. Pitt built the rooms over the southern rampant. Finally, l i'm 1863, Lord Granville added story I containing thirteen rooms over the gate-hOuse bastien. He also built the tower. The stone employed came from the demolition of Sandown castle. He added to the drawing-room. as an al- cove, the little room in which it is as- serted that Nelson and Pitt used to l confer.
 There Is nothing stately or impress I sive about the aspect of the interior, l but the irregularity of the plan adds to the effect of domestic comfort and pri- I vacy which pervades the house. One can easily understand how successive I families have become attached to it. | Externally there are several quite inn ] pressive points of view, chiefly those which command the massive and pre- l ctpitous walls rising from the moat.