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directions. Only a few picturesque specimens now remain. The 

 principal front of the castle looks south, towards the sea. 

 The steep descent by which it is approached enables the 

 spectator (says Mr. Venables) to take in thcs whole form and 

 proportions of the building in one uninterrupted view, and to 

 anyone accustomed to the picturesque irregularity of our ancient 

 castles, the remarkable degree of uniformity displayed in this 

 will be at once a matter of observation. Each angle of the 

 castle is strengthened by an octagonal embattled tower, and 

 a similar tower occupies the centre of the east and west fronts. 

 To the south rises the noble gateway; on the east front is a mott 

 graceful oriel window, which gave light to the apartment known 

 as the ladies' bower. On the west side a corresponding projection 

 contained the vast oven, twelve feet in diameter. The tower at 

 the north-west angle contained the leservoir, which supplied water 

 to the lower part of the castle. This was called the Floodgate 

 Tower. AVhen the building was intact, its picturesque effect 

 must have been much increased by the high-pitched roof and the 

 forest of tall slender chimneys with which it was crowned. In 

 tiie reign of Edward IV., Sir Richard Fienes married Joan, the 

 heiress of Thomas Lord Dacre, and thereafter the descendants of 

 •loan and her husband were called Lords Dacre of the South, to 

 distinguish them from the nortliern branch of the same family. 

 Thoma«, the second Lord Dacre, distinguished himself as a 

 soldier, and was constable of Calais. After his death, and 

 in accordance with his will, the monument in the chancel 

 (if the Parish Church was erected. It is a stately monument, 

 and though it has suffered much from time and other causes, it 

 is still a very fine .specimen of mediaeval architecture. Under its 

 richly-fretted canopy repose the effigies of Thomas Lord Dacre 

 and his sou — each clad in complete armour, except the head, which 

 is bare, and the hands are raised in an attitude of supplication. 

 His grandson, Thomas, became his successor, and on the arrival 

 of Anne of Cleves, he, in company with the Duke of Norfolk 

 and Lord JMountjoye, headed the stately cavalcade which went to 



