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NEWARK CASTLE 429 FOURTH PERIOD castle, and are shown by single hatched lines on the ground plan. These are by far the most important parts of the edifice, and unite the two detached portions into one whole. The new buildings consist of a projecting centre and two end wings as shown on Fig. 867. The principal and only entrance doorway is at the north-east corner of the courtyard. Above the doorway is the date 1597 and the inscrip- tion " The blissingis of God be heirin " (Fig. 868). FIG. 868. Newark Castle. Details. Inside the door is a small porch, and opposite to it a handsome scale and platt stair leading to the first floor. A passage on the one hand leads to the keep and bakehouse, and on the other hand to the kitchen and offices. The whole of the apartments on this floor are vaulted. The kitchen contains a large fireplace and a stone inlet for water with the usual outside and inside trough and drain. There is also a service window into the passage. From the buttery or wine-cellar the usual private stair in the thickness of the wall leads to the hall on the first floor. Another private service stair at the end of this passage leads from the kitchen door to the hall and the service room adjoining on the first floor. Adjoining the keep is the bakehouse, which has a wide arched