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BARFRESTON CHURCH, KENT.
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REFERENCE TO THE ACCOMPANYING PRINTS.
As my intelligent correspondent has not alluded to, or described all the parts of
Barfreston Church, I presume it will be expected that I perforin the task ; and
from the small size, the simplicity, and uniform character of the edifice, this will be
easily accomplished. The scientific artist, who favoured me with the drawings, has
so fully and clearly defined the exterior and interior arrangement, with the con-
struction and ornaments of the whole, that to refer to and name them, will at once
constitute a description and a commentary.
Plate I. displays a plan, an elevation, and enlarged details. The Plan shows the
arrangement and union of the church and chancel, also the walls, windows, recesses,
door-ways, buttresses, &c. as they would appear in a horizontal section, immediately
above the string-course ; the twelve letters, a. point out the forms and situations of
twelve original windows; the exterior elevations of which are shown in Plate I.
south side: one of which is represented on the same plate, No. 2. also in Plate II.
A. and in Plate III. north side. The form and sizes of the same windows, as seen
within the building, are shewn in the sectional view of the north side, Plate III.
and Plate II. 13. The Plan also points out an irregular western window (b), which
is larger than either of the others, and has a mullion in the centre :—two niches, or
arched recesses, c. c. which have been already described, p. 43.—two recesses in
the exterior of the south side of the chancel, d. d.—another niche, e. which is repre-
sented larger, with the adjoining window, which has a trefoil arch (No. 2.)—At
f- f. f. are three buttresses, at the east end :—and g. g. g. g. g. refer to five niches
Jn the south wall, with pointed arches. The letters h. h. mark the situation of two
small square closets, in the walls on the north and south sides of the altar. See
also Plate III. h.—Are not these closets the same as the hatch, mentioned in the
preceding account of Louth Church ?
Plevation of the south side.—Plate I. shews the grand entrance doorway, over
which is a tier of open windows, and blank niches ; a string-course beneath, another
Parallel with the springing of the arches, and a bold block-cornice, supporting the
eaves of the roof. In the exterior of the chancel is a door-way, much smaller than
the former, with an ornamented arch ; a part of which is represented in Plate II. D.
29
REFERENCE TO THE ACCOMPANYING PRINTS.
As my intelligent correspondent has not alluded to, or described all the parts of
Barfreston Church, I presume it will be expected that I perforin the task ; and
from the small size, the simplicity, and uniform character of the edifice, this will be
easily accomplished. The scientific artist, who favoured me with the drawings, has
so fully and clearly defined the exterior and interior arrangement, with the con-
struction and ornaments of the whole, that to refer to and name them, will at once
constitute a description and a commentary.
Plate I. displays a plan, an elevation, and enlarged details. The Plan shows the
arrangement and union of the church and chancel, also the walls, windows, recesses,
door-ways, buttresses, &c. as they would appear in a horizontal section, immediately
above the string-course ; the twelve letters, a. point out the forms and situations of
twelve original windows; the exterior elevations of which are shown in Plate I.
south side: one of which is represented on the same plate, No. 2. also in Plate II.
A. and in Plate III. north side. The form and sizes of the same windows, as seen
within the building, are shewn in the sectional view of the north side, Plate III.
and Plate II. 13. The Plan also points out an irregular western window (b), which
is larger than either of the others, and has a mullion in the centre :—two niches, or
arched recesses, c. c. which have been already described, p. 43.—two recesses in
the exterior of the south side of the chancel, d. d.—another niche, e. which is repre-
sented larger, with the adjoining window, which has a trefoil arch (No. 2.)—At
f- f. f. are three buttresses, at the east end :—and g. g. g. g. g. refer to five niches
Jn the south wall, with pointed arches. The letters h. h. mark the situation of two
small square closets, in the walls on the north and south sides of the altar. See
also Plate III. h.—Are not these closets the same as the hatch, mentioned in the
preceding account of Louth Church ?
Plevation of the south side.—Plate I. shews the grand entrance doorway, over
which is a tier of open windows, and blank niches ; a string-course beneath, another
Parallel with the springing of the arches, and a bold block-cornice, supporting the
eaves of the roof. In the exterior of the chancel is a door-way, much smaller than
the former, with an ornamented arch ; a part of which is represented in Plate II. D.