MONTGOMERY TO WELSH POOL. 87' 



them, and I prefume their fmgularity was the caufe 

 of their prefervation. 



Powis Castle 



Has been originally built of a reddifh ftone, but in 

 order to keep the ilrafture in repair, this has of late 

 years been fo plaiftered over with a coat of red lime, 

 that at prefent very little of the flone is vilible. 

 This red coating gives to the building fo much the 

 appearance of brick, that it was not till I almoft 

 touched it, that I was undeceived in fuppofihg it 

 fuch. The antique grandeur of this caflle Is much 

 injured by the great number of chlmnies, and by 

 the ftriking and harfh contrail betwixt the walls 

 and the modern fafii windows. 



The afcent to the caflle is up a long and laborious 

 flight of fteps, much out of repair when I was there ; 

 and the principal entrance is a gateway betwixt two 

 large round towers. The edifice is kept in repair 

 as an habitable manfion, but its owner very rarely 

 vifits it. The apartments have a heavy and unplea- 

 fant appearance, from the great thicknefs of the 

 walls; and the furniture is chiefly in the ancient 

 {tile of elegance. In fome of the chamb;irs the old 

 and faded tapeflry is yet 1 'fr. The e are, n dittjrent 

 rooms, feveral portraics, chiefly of the family, the 

 befl of which are the work of Cornelius Janfon. 

 Among them there is one of king Charles 11. pointed 

 by fir Peter Lely, two of the earl of Stralibrd, one 



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