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that Lescot had intended. Thus the only part of Lescot's work which has survived substantially intact is that part of the existing west side which extends from the southwest angle to the great western pavilion. This portion is figured by Du Cerceau,[1] and save for some alterations in the timber roof the existing fabric agrees with his print.
Fig. 117.—Roman arch, Serlio.
In this design (Fig. 118) there is no survival of the character of a mediæval stronghold, though the rectangular pavilions, which break the long façades, and the high pitched roofs are
- ↑ Op. cit., plate 2.
