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st. Stephen's chapel.
207
Section shews the timber ceilings of the different stories of the building, also the
Sickness and arrangement of the walls, windows, &c.
For a more particular account of the Church and Tower of Boston the reader is
referred to a memoir on its architecture by Mr. E. J. Willson, in the fourth volume
°f the Architectural Antiquities.
St. Stephen's Chapel, Westminster, {Plate No. 66 in list) whence the speci-
men of ornamental architecture in this plate was taken, was erected in the reign of
Edward III. between 1329 and 1360. The whole edifice appears, from its re-
gaining parts and from the views and descriptions of it made public, to have been
ari elaborate and splendid example of the architecture of the fourteenth century.
^n ecclesiastical edifice was founded here in the time of King Stephen, but it was
le-founded and endowed by Edward III. ; and, after the reformation, this royal
establishment having reverted to the crown, was granted by Edward VI. to the
Commons of England, for their sessions, or sittings, and to that purpose it has ever
Slnce been appropriated. Various alterations have been made in the interior of this
s*ructure at different periods; but the only one which requires notice at present,
^as the removal of the wainscoting, previous to the enlargement of the room for
*he accommodation of the members added to the national representation, on the
thrion with Ireland in 1800 : It was then discovered that the walls of this chapel
had been richly decorated with cornices, arcades, columns, &c. the effect of which
Vvas heightened by a profusion of figures and ornaments, painted with glowing
c°lours and gilding, much in the style of the miniature illustrations of the Missals
°f the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The plate here given shews three com-
partments of the wall on the south side of the chapel. They consist of a series of
trefoil-headed arcades, supporting an architrave formed by a receding hollow or
cavetto, on which were painted the arms of the royal family, with many of the
n°bility ; above which was a quatrefoil frieze and battlement. The whole enta-
blature seems to have been supported by insulated columns, which had been broken
aWay wlien the paintings were discovered ; but they are represented in the plate.
^fte wall behind these columns was divided into compartments, by other clustered
c°lumris ; and within each of these divisions was represented a figure of an angel,
folding an extended piece of drapery, whose wings are painted to imitate the
Peacock's feathers, as shewn in the plate.
Accounts of the expenses for workmanship, and for materials used in this building
207
Section shews the timber ceilings of the different stories of the building, also the
Sickness and arrangement of the walls, windows, &c.
For a more particular account of the Church and Tower of Boston the reader is
referred to a memoir on its architecture by Mr. E. J. Willson, in the fourth volume
°f the Architectural Antiquities.
St. Stephen's Chapel, Westminster, {Plate No. 66 in list) whence the speci-
men of ornamental architecture in this plate was taken, was erected in the reign of
Edward III. between 1329 and 1360. The whole edifice appears, from its re-
gaining parts and from the views and descriptions of it made public, to have been
ari elaborate and splendid example of the architecture of the fourteenth century.
^n ecclesiastical edifice was founded here in the time of King Stephen, but it was
le-founded and endowed by Edward III. ; and, after the reformation, this royal
establishment having reverted to the crown, was granted by Edward VI. to the
Commons of England, for their sessions, or sittings, and to that purpose it has ever
Slnce been appropriated. Various alterations have been made in the interior of this
s*ructure at different periods; but the only one which requires notice at present,
^as the removal of the wainscoting, previous to the enlargement of the room for
*he accommodation of the members added to the national representation, on the
thrion with Ireland in 1800 : It was then discovered that the walls of this chapel
had been richly decorated with cornices, arcades, columns, &c. the effect of which
Vvas heightened by a profusion of figures and ornaments, painted with glowing
c°lours and gilding, much in the style of the miniature illustrations of the Missals
°f the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The plate here given shews three com-
partments of the wall on the south side of the chapel. They consist of a series of
trefoil-headed arcades, supporting an architrave formed by a receding hollow or
cavetto, on which were painted the arms of the royal family, with many of the
n°bility ; above which was a quatrefoil frieze and battlement. The whole enta-
blature seems to have been supported by insulated columns, which had been broken
aWay wlien the paintings were discovered ; but they are represented in the plate.
^fte wall behind these columns was divided into compartments, by other clustered
c°lumris ; and within each of these divisions was represented a figure of an angel,
folding an extended piece of drapery, whose wings are painted to imitate the
Peacock's feathers, as shewn in the plate.
Accounts of the expenses for workmanship, and for materials used in this building