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3"be letters ok reference on tbe ?lan point out lire following parts: a, modern
entranee door-wa^; 1), nortb poreb, also modern ; e, an old door-wa^ elosed up ;
d, kont; e, entranee to belkrv stairs; k, niebe in tbe wall kor a tomb; A, aneient
door-wa^; b, modern entranee door-wa^; beneatb e is a groined vault ok old
eonstruetion.
lite Onrincn ox 8xxv^i^o, or 8i^DVino, L'r/^ea', as indicated b^ tbe
accompanying engravings, presents some genuine Norman arebitectural features.
It is a large edibce, and appears to bave been dependant on tbe famous and
splendid ^bbe^ ok heeamp, in Normands, wbose abbot bore on bis sbield tbree
mitres, in token ok bis supremacy over tbree large abbess. 8te^ning, bowever,
was a plaee ok note before it was attaebed to tbe Borman monastery; for we 6nd
tbat 8t. Oudman, or Outbman, and Xing Xtbelwolk, katber ok Alfred, were buried
bere. Xing Xdward tbe Oonkessor gave lands in tbis plaee to tbe ^.bbe^ ok tbe
Hol^ Irinit^ at b'eeamp, wbieb were eonlirmed b^ William tbe Oompmror. 8oon
afterwards some Lenedietine monks were placed bere, and establisbed an alien
priory: Oervase ok Lanterbur^ sa^s, tbat a dean and eanons were settled at tbis
plaee." I'be annexed engraving, No. 22 in list, presents an elevation, exterior,
and interior, n, ok part ok tbe nave, witb plans ok wall and window, c, tbe
font at v, column, x, and arebivolt mouldings, x. ^kbe next plate, No. 23,
represents ?1an at witb bgures ok reference to tbe columns. In plate, No. 24,
tbe Homan letters refer to tbese numerals in sequence : tbus 1, 2, and 3, corres-
pond witb n o, Ac. better n on plate, No. 23, is tbe plan and summit ok a
pilaster buttress; c, clustered capital under tbe tower; v and x, bases, capitals,
and arebivolt mouldings, to a door-wa^; x and o, block cornices under tbe
parapet; n, door-wa^, witb plan, H / i, x, and n, windows; Li and iv, parts ok
otbers; o and ?, pateras at tbe termination ok areb mouldings. Nr. Hickman
sa^s, " 8te^ning is a ver^ curious Norman cburcb, witb a great variety ok excellent
and ver^ elaborate details, wbieb deserves attentive stud^."
Hovsx, ma^ be considered tbe most aneient and most
perfect specimen ok Norman domestic architecture in Xngland; and as sueb, I
cannot belp regretting tbat I did not procure minute details ok ever^ part wben I
launer's " ^lonasticki," 8u8sex :—Dumais's NonL8tieon.
3"be letters ok reference on tbe ?lan point out lire following parts: a, modern
entranee door-wa^; 1), nortb poreb, also modern ; e, an old door-wa^ elosed up ;
d, kont; e, entranee to belkrv stairs; k, niebe in tbe wall kor a tomb; A, aneient
door-wa^; b, modern entranee door-wa^; beneatb e is a groined vault ok old
eonstruetion.
lite Onrincn ox 8xxv^i^o, or 8i^DVino, L'r/^ea', as indicated b^ tbe
accompanying engravings, presents some genuine Norman arebitectural features.
It is a large edibce, and appears to bave been dependant on tbe famous and
splendid ^bbe^ ok heeamp, in Normands, wbose abbot bore on bis sbield tbree
mitres, in token ok bis supremacy over tbree large abbess. 8te^ning, bowever,
was a plaee ok note before it was attaebed to tbe Borman monastery; for we 6nd
tbat 8t. Oudman, or Outbman, and Xing Xtbelwolk, katber ok Alfred, were buried
bere. Xing Xdward tbe Oonkessor gave lands in tbis plaee to tbe ^.bbe^ ok tbe
Hol^ Irinit^ at b'eeamp, wbieb were eonlirmed b^ William tbe Oompmror. 8oon
afterwards some Lenedietine monks were placed bere, and establisbed an alien
priory: Oervase ok Lanterbur^ sa^s, tbat a dean and eanons were settled at tbis
plaee." I'be annexed engraving, No. 22 in list, presents an elevation, exterior,
and interior, n, ok part ok tbe nave, witb plans ok wall and window, c, tbe
font at v, column, x, and arebivolt mouldings, x. ^kbe next plate, No. 23,
represents ?1an at witb bgures ok reference to tbe columns. In plate, No. 24,
tbe Homan letters refer to tbese numerals in sequence : tbus 1, 2, and 3, corres-
pond witb n o, Ac. better n on plate, No. 23, is tbe plan and summit ok a
pilaster buttress; c, clustered capital under tbe tower; v and x, bases, capitals,
and arebivolt mouldings, to a door-wa^; x and o, block cornices under tbe
parapet; n, door-wa^, witb plan, H / i, x, and n, windows; Li and iv, parts ok
otbers; o and ?, pateras at tbe termination ok areb mouldings. Nr. Hickman
sa^s, " 8te^ning is a ver^ curious Norman cburcb, witb a great variety ok excellent
and ver^ elaborate details, wbieb deserves attentive stud^."
Hovsx, ma^ be considered tbe most aneient and most
perfect specimen ok Norman domestic architecture in Xngland; and as sueb, I
cannot belp regretting tbat I did not procure minute details ok ever^ part wben I
launer's " ^lonasticki," 8u8sex :—Dumais's NonL8tieon.