828 



Notes on Spj/e Park and BromJiam. 



plumes. Is it not therefore probable that the arms on the central 

 panel of the oriel were those of Edward VI., when Prince of Wales, 

 rather than the King's arras repeated ? On each side panel of the 

 oriel occurs the Tudor rose crowned, that on the left remaining perfect. 



In the left spandrel of the arch is the shield of Baynton with the 

 letter B upon it, placed diagonally, in the upper right-hand corner. 

 Probably the letter E was originally in the lower left-hand corner, 

 but is not now visible. The shield in the right spandrel of the arch 

 bears quarterly ,first and fourth Baynton,second Delamere, third Roche. 



It may be noticed that four modern lancet windows, two on each 

 side of the gate-house, are built of moulded stones which have evi- 

 dently formed the ribs of a groined vault, but whether they belonged 

 to this gate or not I cannot tell. 



There are two timber houses of the fifteenth century, near Bromham 

 Church, which deserve attention, as such houses are not too numerous 

 and become scarcer every day. One of these is church property. 

 This house stands to the north-east of the chancel, and has been a 

 good deal altered by the insertion of a shop window. It retains its 

 original doorway which opens, I think, into the principal room, 

 which has been a square room with a flat ceiling and moulded beams. 

 Many such ceilings, I believe, remain, and not unfrequently in houses 

 that have been refaced, so that no one would suspect their antiquity. 

 The beams cross in the middle and return round the sides of the 

 room. Adjoining is a room which looks as if it had been the kitchen, 

 but perhaps it may be later. There is one stone window in the end 

 of the house which has a look of the sixteenth century, but may be 

 of the fifteenth. The oldest wooden windows of which there are 

 traces are, I think, of the seventeenth. 



The other house stands to the south-west of the church, and ex- 

 ternally it is the more perfect of the two. The timber work of these 

 two houses is very similar, and apparently of about the same date in the 

 fifteenth century ; but in the case of this second house an additional 

 wing and a chimney have been added in the sixteenth century, and these 

 additions are of stone. The interior of this house I have not seen. 

 Near this house is another of later date with a picturesque porch. 



