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Tower House Chapel. View from the west of the east window. Spenser compares the 'lookes' of 'Cynthia', or Queen Elizabeth I, in his poem, 'Colin Clouts Come Home Againe', as being 'like beames of the morning sun,/ Forth looking through the windowes of the east,/ When first the fleecie cattell have begun/ Upon the perled grasse to make their feast.' (lines 604-07)

Tower House Storage Room and Armory. View from above. A wooden floor partitions the room from the parlor below it. Near the north wall is a simple bed for visitors. Entrance to the staircase is on the left

Tower House Storage Room and Armory. View from the east. The skull is of an Irish elk, already long extinct by Spenser's time.

Tower House Storage Room and Armory. On view are swords, helmets, 'darts,' shields and armor, including quilted jacks, a.k.a. 'checklaton' in Spenser's writing.

Tower House Parlor. View from north. The doorway to the downward stairwell can be seen on the left. The 'Raleigh window' can be seen facing center. The room would be used for dining and recreation. Pewter dishes are on the sideboard, wall-shelves and table. A harp can be seen facing on the right. The room has oak paneling for warmth. The floor is littered with straw. The stone-flagged floor rests on the storage-room vault below, and wooden rafters hold up the ceiling beneath the storage room, above.

Tower House Parlor. View from south. Hypothetical portraits of Edmund Spenser and his wife Elizabeth Boyle are on the facing wall. A harp rests at the ready.

Tower House Parlor. View from above. The table has been set for eating. When not in use, it and the chairs were likely lined up against the walls.

Tower House Privy. View from south

Tower House Privy. View from above. Note double seating and moss used for wiping.

Tower House Privy and Stairs. View from south-east with walls and privy chute removed.

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