The Salisbury Tower retains only externally, and on the side towards
the town, its original aspect. The remains of a fourth tower are
discernible in the Governor of the Alms-Knights' Tower; and Henry the
Third's Tower, as before observed, completes what remains of the
original chain of fortifications.
On the 24th of November 1244 Henry issued a writ enjoining "the clerks
of the works at Windsor to work day and night to wainscot the high
chamber upon the wall of the castle near our chapel in the upper bailey,
so that it may be ready and properly wainscoted on Friday next [the
24th occurring on a Tuesday, only two days were allowed for the task],
when we come there, with boards radiated and coloured, so that
nothing be found reprehensible in that wainscot; and also to make at
each gable of the said chamber one glass window, on the outside of the
inner window of each gable, so that when the inner window shall be
closed the glass windows may be seen outside."
The following year the works were suspended, but they were
afterwards resumed and continued, with few interruptions; the keep
was new constructed; a stone bench was fixed in the wall near the
grass-plot by the king's chamber; a bridge was thrown across the ditch
to the king's garden, which lay outside the walls; a barbican was
erected, to which a portcullis was subsequently attached; the bridges
were defended by strong iron chains; the old chambers in the upper
ward were renovated; a conduit and lavatory were added; and a
fountain was constructed in the garden.
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