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ENGLISII AKCHITECTUKE.
Part II.
dimensions great dignity is obtained and great beauty o£ composition,
certainly at less than one-fourth the expenditure in materials and moyen
it woulcl have cost to produce a like effect among the tall heavy-roofed
cathedrals of the Continent.
835. View of Lichfield Cathedral. (From Brittoa’s ‘Cathedral Antiquities.’)
Had the octagon at Ely been completecl externally, 1 even in wood,
it would probably have been superior to the spire at Salisbury both in
height and clesign. As before mentioned, it was left with only a
1 A splendid chance of trying tlie effect
of tliis occurred a few years ago, wlien it
was detcrmined to rcstore thc lantern, as
a memorial to Dr. Peacock. In a fit of
purism, only tlie ugly temporary arrange-
ment was madenew. It looked venerable
before the recent repairs ; now tliat it is
quite new again, it is most unpleasing.
Part II.
dimensions great dignity is obtained and great beauty o£ composition,
certainly at less than one-fourth the expenditure in materials and moyen
it woulcl have cost to produce a like effect among the tall heavy-roofed
cathedrals of the Continent.
835. View of Lichfield Cathedral. (From Brittoa’s ‘Cathedral Antiquities.’)
Had the octagon at Ely been completecl externally, 1 even in wood,
it would probably have been superior to the spire at Salisbury both in
height and clesign. As before mentioned, it was left with only a
1 A splendid chance of trying tlie effect
of tliis occurred a few years ago, wlien it
was detcrmined to rcstore thc lantern, as
a memorial to Dr. Peacock. In a fit of
purism, only tlie ugly temporary arrange-
ment was madenew. It looked venerable
before the recent repairs ; now tliat it is
quite new again, it is most unpleasing.