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tbe intermediate spaces : a bood-moulding, or water-table, surrounds tbe areb, tbe
end8 ok wbicb ri86 from corbel beads, tbe one ok a bisbop, tlie otber ok a king. On
tile soutb-east side, at tbe function ok tlie ebancel and transept, i8 a ver^ singular
kind ok two-fold ^.rcb, tlie intention or U86 of wbicb it i8 diibcult to 8urmi86. It i8
partly built in a recess witbin tbe wail, wbere tbe inner limb, rising from a square
pillar, uniting witb a section of an outer semicircular areb, forms a pointed areb :
tbe mouldings of botb arcbes are similar, and are composed of ver^ boldly cut and
ricbl^-complicated ^ig^ag work. Various otber parts of tbis edibee are deserving
of attention, and tbe wbole furnisbes an interesting example of tbe gradual transition
b^ wbicb tbe pointed stzde obtained its merited ascendency over tbe ^nglo-l^orman
arebiteeture.
N^i^LiLSLoa^ Ononon, Ooon-w^w ^o 8ouinLa^
koncii, and Lcxv^riox, witb OLi^irs ok o^L Division or- mx _
^be door-wa^ represented in tbe annexed engraving, witb tbe. wbole of tbe poreb of
wbicb it forms a part, ma^ be referred to and considered as constituting tbe bnest
piece of Borman arebiteeture and design in England. I believe it is unparalleled
in arrangement, in elaborate execution, and in tbe number and variety of its sculp-
tured ornaments. large, receding arcb-wa^, divided into eigbt mouldings, wbicb
continue from tbe basement on eacb side, and are all covered witb various sculp-
tured enriebments, forms tbis bold portal. Um measurements are, opening of tbe
exterior verge of tbe areb, nineteen feet b^ nineteen ; and tbe inner moulding, or
opening, twelve feet six inebes bigb b^ seven feet four inebes wide. I'be annexed
engraving serves to point out tbe variety of mouldings wbicb extend round tbe areb,
as well as tbe general patterns, or bgures, wbicb adorn eacb, respectively. 8ome
of tbese patterns are of (Grecian form, and tbe st^le of drapery and proportions of
some of tbe bgures are pleasing and good. Vbe^ are intended to represent several
events in tbe sacred writings : a sort of bood-moulding terminated at eacb end witb
a snake's bead, extends round and over tbe exterior face of tbe areb. V mass of
masonry, witb bold buttresses at tbe two angles, bas been added as a casing to tbe
original poreb. V^itbin ibis arcbwav is a large open poreb, or vestibule, baving a
stone seat on eacb side, and is ornamented near tbe top on eacb side witb a series
of six large seated bgures in balk relief, over wbicb is an bori^ontal bgure, in tbe act
of lining. Vbis poreb bas been vaulted, and bad arebivolt ribs extending from eacb
angle. d?be inner door-wa^, from tbe poreb to tbe aisle of tbe ebureb, is adorned
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tbe intermediate spaces : a bood-moulding, or water-table, surrounds tbe areb, tbe
end8 ok wbicb ri86 from corbel beads, tbe one ok a bisbop, tlie otber ok a king. On
tile soutb-east side, at tbe function ok tlie ebancel and transept, i8 a ver^ singular
kind ok two-fold ^.rcb, tlie intention or U86 of wbicb it i8 diibcult to 8urmi86. It i8
partly built in a recess witbin tbe wail, wbere tbe inner limb, rising from a square
pillar, uniting witb a section of an outer semicircular areb, forms a pointed areb :
tbe mouldings of botb arcbes are similar, and are composed of ver^ boldly cut and
ricbl^-complicated ^ig^ag work. Various otber parts of tbis edibee are deserving
of attention, and tbe wbole furnisbes an interesting example of tbe gradual transition
b^ wbicb tbe pointed stzde obtained its merited ascendency over tbe ^nglo-l^orman
arebiteeture.
N^i^LiLSLoa^ Ononon, Ooon-w^w ^o 8ouinLa^
koncii, and Lcxv^riox, witb OLi^irs ok o^L Division or- mx _
^be door-wa^ represented in tbe annexed engraving, witb tbe. wbole of tbe poreb of
wbicb it forms a part, ma^ be referred to and considered as constituting tbe bnest
piece of Borman arebiteeture and design in England. I believe it is unparalleled
in arrangement, in elaborate execution, and in tbe number and variety of its sculp-
tured ornaments. large, receding arcb-wa^, divided into eigbt mouldings, wbicb
continue from tbe basement on eacb side, and are all covered witb various sculp-
tured enriebments, forms tbis bold portal. Um measurements are, opening of tbe
exterior verge of tbe areb, nineteen feet b^ nineteen ; and tbe inner moulding, or
opening, twelve feet six inebes bigb b^ seven feet four inebes wide. I'be annexed
engraving serves to point out tbe variety of mouldings wbicb extend round tbe areb,
as well as tbe general patterns, or bgures, wbicb adorn eacb, respectively. 8ome
of tbese patterns are of (Grecian form, and tbe st^le of drapery and proportions of
some of tbe bgures are pleasing and good. Vbe^ are intended to represent several
events in tbe sacred writings : a sort of bood-moulding terminated at eacb end witb
a snake's bead, extends round and over tbe exterior face of tbe areb. V mass of
masonry, witb bold buttresses at tbe two angles, bas been added as a casing to tbe
original poreb. V^itbin ibis arcbwav is a large open poreb, or vestibule, baving a
stone seat on eacb side, and is ornamented near tbe top on eacb side witb a series
of six large seated bgures in balk relief, over wbicb is an bori^ontal bgure, in tbe act
of lining. Vbis poreb bas been vaulted, and bad arebivolt ribs extending from eacb
angle. d?be inner door-wa^, from tbe poreb to tbe aisle of tbe ebureb, is adorned
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