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BUILDWAS ABBEY, SHROPSHIRE.
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REFERENCES TO THE PLATES, AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PARTS REPRESENTED.
Plate I. Interior view of part of the north side of the Nave, looking east, shewing
three of the arches under the tower, and three long narrow windows at the east end.
Plate II. Shews the exterior of the Church, in its present state, 1813, with the
ruins of the large entrance door-way to the cloisters, parts of the abbot's dwelling-
house, exterior of the chapter-house, &c. In consequence of the dilapidation of the
north aile, the whole series of arches and columns on the north side of the nave are
displayed in this view, as well as the seven clerestory windows over the aile, all of
which have semi-circular arches. An interior view of one of these windows is shewn
in Plate IV. Fig. 1. 29.
Plate III. A view of the interior of the Chapter-House, shewing its four columns,
nbs of the roof, and entrance door-way. The latter has a semi-circular arch, whilst
the three ailes of the building have arches of the pointed shape.
Plate IV. Fig. 1. Ground Plan of the Church, Chapter-house, and contiguous
buildings. The church consisted of a nave, (No. 1.) with two narrow ailes; a tran-
sept, (2. 2.) having four chapels or chantries, to the east, (5. 6.) a choir, or a chan-
cel, (4.) a chapter house, (11.) two passages north and south of the chapter-house,
with groined roofs : (9, 10). A square cloister, (12); with a bold and handsome
entrance door-way, (13): the abbot's apartments, with his private chapel, (21), on
the north side of the church. At No. 14, in the nave, were two steps, and here
probably commenced the choir. At No. 15 the column is octangular, though all the
others in the nave are circular. Nos. 16 and 17 point out the two present entrances
to the crypt, which was beneath the northern transept. Crypts are generally under
the chancel, or choir part of the church : 19, an open court, on the north and west
sides of which was formerly a colonnade, three arches of which are shewn, Fig. 2. A.
At 22 are three recesses in the south wall of the chancel; a view of the arches of
which is given, Fig. 2. B ; with a tall, round-headed window (4) ; a bracket for
supporting the ribs of the vaulting, (1) ; and another supporting an arch under the
tower. (2). At the south-east corner of the southern transept (7) was a stair-case,
leading to the upper parts of the central tower; and at the opposite angle of the
other transept (8) was another stair-case, communicating with the dormitory, over
tne chapter-house, &c. 23. A column with archivolt mouldings from the nave : 24
and 25, two brackets supporting the archivolt mouldings beneath the tower : 26, 27,
and 28, three columns in the chapter-house : the fourth is circular, with a plain
capital. 29. An inside view of one of the windows, in the upper tier of the nave.
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REFERENCES TO THE PLATES, AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PARTS REPRESENTED.
Plate I. Interior view of part of the north side of the Nave, looking east, shewing
three of the arches under the tower, and three long narrow windows at the east end.
Plate II. Shews the exterior of the Church, in its present state, 1813, with the
ruins of the large entrance door-way to the cloisters, parts of the abbot's dwelling-
house, exterior of the chapter-house, &c. In consequence of the dilapidation of the
north aile, the whole series of arches and columns on the north side of the nave are
displayed in this view, as well as the seven clerestory windows over the aile, all of
which have semi-circular arches. An interior view of one of these windows is shewn
in Plate IV. Fig. 1. 29.
Plate III. A view of the interior of the Chapter-House, shewing its four columns,
nbs of the roof, and entrance door-way. The latter has a semi-circular arch, whilst
the three ailes of the building have arches of the pointed shape.
Plate IV. Fig. 1. Ground Plan of the Church, Chapter-house, and contiguous
buildings. The church consisted of a nave, (No. 1.) with two narrow ailes; a tran-
sept, (2. 2.) having four chapels or chantries, to the east, (5. 6.) a choir, or a chan-
cel, (4.) a chapter house, (11.) two passages north and south of the chapter-house,
with groined roofs : (9, 10). A square cloister, (12); with a bold and handsome
entrance door-way, (13): the abbot's apartments, with his private chapel, (21), on
the north side of the church. At No. 14, in the nave, were two steps, and here
probably commenced the choir. At No. 15 the column is octangular, though all the
others in the nave are circular. Nos. 16 and 17 point out the two present entrances
to the crypt, which was beneath the northern transept. Crypts are generally under
the chancel, or choir part of the church : 19, an open court, on the north and west
sides of which was formerly a colonnade, three arches of which are shewn, Fig. 2. A.
At 22 are three recesses in the south wall of the chancel; a view of the arches of
which is given, Fig. 2. B ; with a tall, round-headed window (4) ; a bracket for
supporting the ribs of the vaulting, (1) ; and another supporting an arch under the
tower. (2). At the south-east corner of the southern transept (7) was a stair-case,
leading to the upper parts of the central tower; and at the opposite angle of the
other transept (8) was another stair-case, communicating with the dormitory, over
tne chapter-house, &c. 23. A column with archivolt mouldings from the nave : 24
and 25, two brackets supporting the archivolt mouldings beneath the tower : 26, 27,
and 28, three columns in the chapter-house : the fourth is circular, with a plain
capital. 29. An inside view of one of the windows, in the upper tier of the nave.