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of various colours, and seem to have been laid with some atten-
tion : —
-“ gpabcfr find) popnttpl * uD point after
The Refectory at Christ Church, Oxford, built in the reign of
Henry VIII., was paved with green and yellow tiles : the whole number
was 2600, and each hundred cost 3<s. Qd. The Hall at Hampton Court,
and a room at Wimbledon, called the Lower Spanish Room, were
“ floored with paynted tyle.”
Boarded floors were of coarse but substantial workmanship; two
remarkable instances may be mentioned. The upper floors of Salmes-
bury Hall, built in 1532, were massy planks ; and, instead of crossing, lay
parallel to the joists, “ as if disdaining to be indebted to them for support.”
At Godman Hall, Cumberland, the boards or planks of the floor above
the principal story were grooved into each other, to prevent assaults from
above;'—for the predatory parties on the Borders did not proceed by sap
and undermining; but, by a compendious method, strove to unroof the
buildings, and let themselves down by ropes and ladders.
The roofs of the great halls are evidence of the perfection at which
carpentry had arrived; but joiners’ work was rude,J as is particularly
visible with respect to internal doors. In the early part of the period of
which we are speaking, these were seldom framed ; (their hinges, — iron
garnets,—were sometimes of elaborate and ornamental forms); having
arras before them, they were little seen, and on that account probably
not much regarded. But in Elizabeth’s time, doors of all kinds were
panelled, and in many instances decorated with paintings. Aubrey de-
* Tiles in squares or dies, in checker-work. f One square after another.
t The fittings in chapels, screens in halls, and external doors, are exceptions. From the
names which occur, there is reason to suppose that Flemands were employed on such works.
of various colours, and seem to have been laid with some atten-
tion : —
-“ gpabcfr find) popnttpl * uD point after
The Refectory at Christ Church, Oxford, built in the reign of
Henry VIII., was paved with green and yellow tiles : the whole number
was 2600, and each hundred cost 3<s. Qd. The Hall at Hampton Court,
and a room at Wimbledon, called the Lower Spanish Room, were
“ floored with paynted tyle.”
Boarded floors were of coarse but substantial workmanship; two
remarkable instances may be mentioned. The upper floors of Salmes-
bury Hall, built in 1532, were massy planks ; and, instead of crossing, lay
parallel to the joists, “ as if disdaining to be indebted to them for support.”
At Godman Hall, Cumberland, the boards or planks of the floor above
the principal story were grooved into each other, to prevent assaults from
above;'—for the predatory parties on the Borders did not proceed by sap
and undermining; but, by a compendious method, strove to unroof the
buildings, and let themselves down by ropes and ladders.
The roofs of the great halls are evidence of the perfection at which
carpentry had arrived; but joiners’ work was rude,J as is particularly
visible with respect to internal doors. In the early part of the period of
which we are speaking, these were seldom framed ; (their hinges, — iron
garnets,—were sometimes of elaborate and ornamental forms); having
arras before them, they were little seen, and on that account probably
not much regarded. But in Elizabeth’s time, doors of all kinds were
panelled, and in many instances decorated with paintings. Aubrey de-
* Tiles in squares or dies, in checker-work. f One square after another.
t The fittings in chapels, screens in halls, and external doors, are exceptions. From the
names which occur, there is reason to suppose that Flemands were employed on such works.