88.—Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire. Ground Plan (1613).
1. Porch.
2. Hall.
3. Pillar-room.
4. Main Staircase.
5. Small Staircase.
At Condover, in Shropshire (Fig. [89]), an agreeable variety of treatment is introduced on the garden front by contriving to get a range of low rooms over the open arcade, the heads of the windows being at the same level as those of the principal rooms. The central gable on the same face is occupied by a bay window, which starts from corbels over the centre arch of the arcade and is carried up to the topmost storey. Variations like these serve to relieve the monotony which is sometimes to be found in the symmetrical houses of the period.
89.—Condover Hall, Shropshire. The Garden Front (1598).
