THE KING'S HOUSE loi 



the practice during the whole existence of this 

 ancient house, for then we might have had a record 

 surpassing in interest those found in most mediaeval 

 dwelling-houses. However, we have on this 

 western end, on the old leaden heads of the 

 stack pipes, the insignia fixing the date in the 

 reign of Queen Anne. It seems to be too short a 

 time since the house was rebuilt by Charles II for any 

 reconstructions of a sufficiently important character 

 to have taken place. And so, I think, it was the 

 mark of an additional extension to the house. 



On the main portion of the house, various dates 

 appear on the heads of these stack pipes. George III 

 1748 is the principal one, and doubtless refers to 

 some important repairs carried out at that date 

 over 100 years since the most recent building had 

 been projected. 



I was careful to follow this precedent, and when 

 the whole house had to be repaired in 1880, and 

 when again considerable restorations were made to 

 it in 1904, to which I shall refer subsequently, I 

 was careful to record the dates on the heads of the 

 new stack pipes entailed, not indeed in the beau- 

 tiful old lead work of earlier dates, but in the best 

 copies to be obtained in modern cast iron. 



So I think the old house was carried on, as 

 a very charming old residence, always in the 

 occupation of the Lord Warden of the New 



