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Below the others are three small windows, which look as if they 

 had lighted offices of some sort rather than living-rooms. The 

 midmost of these lower windows has had the mullion removed, 

 and has been converted into a doorway in later times. The most 

 distinctive feature in the wall is the management of the hood- 

 mouldings over the windows. Instead of there being an indepen- 

 dent hood-moulding for each window, as was the case in the east 

 wing and in the south wall, the continuous cornice and string- 

 course are utilised as the horizontal part of the hood-moulding 

 over the windows of the upper and lower stories respectively. A 

 small vertical moulding with a short square return is dropped at 

 the sides of each window from these horizontal members, and the 

 hood-moulding is completed. At the southern end of the upper 

 story is a large lofty room, known as the "King's Room," 

 which is said to^have once sheltered a Stuart sovereign. This 

 room still retains some of its original features The roof slopes 

 up on all four sides, pyramid-wise, to support a small central 

 oblong of whitewashed ceiling, which is surrounded by a deco- 

 rative border, and which sustains the weight of two plaster 

 pendants. Around the walls may be traced the remains of an 

 ornamental cornice. Opposite the door was an open fireplace of 

 granite, but this has been blocked up and painted over. In the 

 south wall is a large and elaborately carved oaken doorway, the 

 entrance of which also has been blocked up. Above the entrance 

 are three oaken shields, upon one of which the double-headed 

 eagle of the Godolphins may be discerned, but the charges upon 

 the two others have disappeared. At the north-western corner 

 of the room is another door leading out into the " King's 

 Garden." 



About the time that this wing was completed it seems that 

 a wall was built to connect the northern ends of the two wings, 

 and enclose the court-yard. A quadrangular space had by this 

 time been formed in front of the main building, by the pro- 

 jection forwards of the two wings. To enclose this space and 

 maintain the privacy of the interior, a wall containing a large 

 and handsome entrance-gate was built across the northern end. 

 This wall became partially absorbed when the present north 

 front was added, but the lower portion of the gateway with 

 the original wooden door still remains within the portico. This 



