Brome was obviously building a house of status to befit his ambitions. He provided garderobes (toilets) and a sewer under the west wing which were of considerable sophistication for the time. Most of the best chambers at the time were in this range suggesting it was the family wing.
However, he still felt the need to protect his house with a moat, for these could be violent times. There is an extraordinary record called The Complaint of John Brome which stated that on Saturday 11 June 1450 “certain persons came riotously” and broke into his house in Warwick and stole “money, deedes and evidences”, then: