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Windsor Castle by William Harrison Ainsworth - BOOK III / CHAPTER V (493 words) |
 | The Winchester Tower, originally inhabited by William of Wykeham, was bestowed upon Sir Jeffry Wyatville as a residence by George the Fourth; and, on the resignation of the distinguished architect, was continued to him for life by the present queen. |
| The works within the castle were continued during the reign of William the Fourth, and at its close the actual cost of the buildings had reached the sum of 771,000, pounds and it has been asserted that the general expenditure up to the present time has exceeded a million and a half of money. |
| This tower was raised thirty-three feet by Sir Jeffry Wyatville, crowned with a machicolated battlement, and surmounted with a flag-tower. |
| Windsor Castle at AllExperts (4820 words) |
| While it is accepted that Edward III was the monarch who began the transformation of the castle from a fortress to a comfortable residence, compared to the other royal palaces at Whitehall and Nonsuch, Windsor remained a very bleak residence. |
| Wyatville was the first architect to view the castle as one composition, rather than a collection of buildings of various ages and in differing styles. |
| Wyatville imposed a symmetry of sorts on the existing buildings of the Upper Ward, by raising the heights of certain towers to match others, and refacing the Upper Ward in a Gothic style complete with castelated battlements to match the mediæval buildings, including St George's Chapel in the Lower Ward. |
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