WEST PURBECK MEETING. 



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there is no trace of windows in the lower part of the house, 

 unless there were loop windows where the Tudor windows are 

 inserted, this side of the house would have presented as formid- 

 able an obstacle to an attacking force in those troublous days as 

 a wall manned by archers and men at arms. 



The window in the gable on the north side of the house calls 

 for some remark ; it is a very perfect specimen of a house 

 window of the ijth century, 



The early windows were not constructed for glass ; window- 

 glass was a rare luxury in those days. Even the King's houses 

 did not always possess a glazed window, as orders still in 



