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st. george's chapel.
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for himself and family. The rebels, however, defaced it, and demolished the
tomb in 1646. King James II. afterwards fitted up the interior for monastic
service, and had the ceiling painted by Verrio. It was again neglected for a
long period of time : but is now, once more, placed under the control of the
mason, carpenter, and glazier: and it is conjectured that it will be employed as
a cemetery for the Royal Family. On the north side of this building is a com-
plete cloister: at the eastern end of which are the buildings occupied by the
Dean. Some of the walls are ancient. At the N. W. angle of the cloister is
a covered passage, the ceiling of which is ornamented with tracery. Between
this and the chapel is the chapter-house, and some rooms, containing records,
&c. Near the north transept of the chapel, is an entrance door-way and em-
battled wall, belonging to a building called the New-commons, which was erected
in the time of Henry VIII. Over the door is the following inscription, in old
letters, but partly obliterated—
"€ot$> pro S>acr llano nun ft tfrortetarum ronbujuss frtructe, 8.30. 1579."
DESCRIPTION OF THE CHAPEL, WITH REFERENCES TO THE
ACCOMPANYING PRINTS.
INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING.
Plate I.—Ground Plan.—This print displays the general horizontal form of
the whole building ; in its exterior walls, buttresses, projections, and lower tier
of windows; also the interior arrangement, and relative proportions of the nave,
ailes, stair-cases, piers, screens, groinings of the roofs, stalls of the choir, chan-
tries, places of the monuments, &c. The building stands on sloping ground,
with a gradual declivity from east to west: in consequence of which the floor,
or paving of the chapel, at the east end, is beneath the natural surface of the
earth, whilst at the western front it is several feet above the ground. It presents
an uniform arrangement of parts, in the plan and elevations of the ends and
sides, excepting in the following particulars. At the N. E. angle is a modern
chapter-house, varying from the Lincoln chapel (F.) at the corresponding
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for himself and family. The rebels, however, defaced it, and demolished the
tomb in 1646. King James II. afterwards fitted up the interior for monastic
service, and had the ceiling painted by Verrio. It was again neglected for a
long period of time : but is now, once more, placed under the control of the
mason, carpenter, and glazier: and it is conjectured that it will be employed as
a cemetery for the Royal Family. On the north side of this building is a com-
plete cloister: at the eastern end of which are the buildings occupied by the
Dean. Some of the walls are ancient. At the N. W. angle of the cloister is
a covered passage, the ceiling of which is ornamented with tracery. Between
this and the chapel is the chapter-house, and some rooms, containing records,
&c. Near the north transept of the chapel, is an entrance door-way and em-
battled wall, belonging to a building called the New-commons, which was erected
in the time of Henry VIII. Over the door is the following inscription, in old
letters, but partly obliterated—
"€ot$> pro S>acr llano nun ft tfrortetarum ronbujuss frtructe, 8.30. 1579."
DESCRIPTION OF THE CHAPEL, WITH REFERENCES TO THE
ACCOMPANYING PRINTS.
INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING.
Plate I.—Ground Plan.—This print displays the general horizontal form of
the whole building ; in its exterior walls, buttresses, projections, and lower tier
of windows; also the interior arrangement, and relative proportions of the nave,
ailes, stair-cases, piers, screens, groinings of the roofs, stalls of the choir, chan-
tries, places of the monuments, &c. The building stands on sloping ground,
with a gradual declivity from east to west: in consequence of which the floor,
or paving of the chapel, at the east end, is beneath the natural surface of the
earth, whilst at the western front it is several feet above the ground. It presents
an uniform arrangement of parts, in the plan and elevations of the ends and
sides, excepting in the following particulars. At the N. E. angle is a modern
chapter-house, varying from the Lincoln chapel (F.) at the corresponding