QUEEN ELIZABETH'S LODGE, EPPING FOREST. 155
these is called "Greate Standinge" on "Dannett's Hill" and is
identified by Mr. Waller with Queen Elizabeth's Lodge. The
document is imperfect, but the description of the building very
closely corresponds with my idea of its original state, gained from
actual observation before I knew of the existence of Mr. Waller's
article (it should be remembered that in this document the
ground floor is called the first floor and so on) :—
" The great [lo]dg upon Darmett Hill being built . . . cheife roomes
or Stories in height. The first whereof serving for necessarie Uses. The second
.....for convenient standing to viewe the game(?). The
Th[ird] serveth likewise for convenient standing to view the game (?).
.....And the height Is f........."
Queen Elizabeth's Lodge. Plan of the Main Upright Timbers.
For explanations see text Drawn by W. W. Lowe.
I have drawn a birds-eye view plan showing section of the
upright timbers as exposed during the work of restoration. All the
moulded square spaces, at the present window levels on both
first and second floors, which are now filled in with windows and
lath-and-plaster panels, were evidently originally wholly open to
the weather. It will be seen from the plan that the timbers are
moulded on the outside in entire correspondence with the mould-
ings on the inside, although afterwards covered over with lath
and plaster, as shown in old drawings of the building. I imagine
that the open spaces were filled in with lath-and-plaster subse-