DOI Heft:
Nr. 338 (July 1925)
DOI Artikel:Cummings, J. H.: An old church and glebe
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19985#0293
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An OLD GHURGH and CJLEBE
/colonized by intelli- St. Paut's, WLckford, erected ally wide railings especially
(q gent, well educated 'in 1707, and its glebe-house, where the brass knob>
W people, Narragansett ^ WLtness to the skill of shaPedJ*e a ball, serves as
County reflects in its church ^ budders a ba^ wzth whrch to
the cultivated taste of those n/ii/fTTif/OC
responsible for its erection. J, H. 6UMMINQ0 The broken pediment
Built in 1707, during the terminating with carved
reign of Queen Anne, it gives evidence of benefit rosettes is interesting as is also the keystone in the
from a great calamity, namely, the revival of lintel. The doors at the back are a type of that
interest in architecture___._ concession to super-
that occurred when it stition, the "witch
became necessary to door," devised to keep
rebuild London after 3* eviI spirits out h? the
the great fire of 1666. VE2m&l^mm»-^ shaPe of its paneling
The fire, bringing out MHBH^^U^ which formed either a
as it did the genius of Ml^fe Roman cross or had
Sir Christopher Wren, Hj criss-cross stiles and
was also the cause of "A Kr mullions on the lower
the many books writ- panci.
ten at the time on ar- ML The fenestration
chitectural subjects. Wm^^ ~? mdicates free PIaY of
These books, brought IP the imagination; the
over to the New 1 treatment of two win-
World, formed the jM dows 011 cither side of
basis for the work of Bfe> the doorway and five
the Master Carpenter. p* on the second floor
He was his own archi- bemS a New England
tect and therefore free JD innovation. The rear
to exercise his fancy. %i fenestration, while
He builded to please B^_^^^WflM|| original, is logical
the eye, rather than to iHHH^-'^^'^^^HRHI enough—a window
follow any rule of jP*$^V*§5S-' . " tiM ' 3raH$ near each end to light
thumb, to which fact H .\^^S^gtt the gallery and two
is attributed the ^^^^^^^^J^^^^^^BH wmdows back of the
charm of much early Kg §| i H *\f?8 pulpit—and reminds
Tnlnrunl wnrlr i---"-- one "that this church
colonial work. gT PAUL'S (1707), wickford, Connecticut ....
Of more interest > was built in a day
U1 more inxcrcsr, detail of doorway, st. paul s . . j
both historically and ,- _j I whcn insufficient
architecturally, than ' ZIIIIZIZI^^^- means of lighting the
the average country zzzz~^-T7ii^--■-'- interiors made it nec-
church, quaint old St. —^^Sfr ^gJS^*j|>j*%^ ~ essary to admit as
Paul's has a doorway ^^0^^ '^^^NghriZZZZ: much of Nature's light
of incorrect proportion V as possible. When
but exceedingly at- I WM \ --- each frame was made
tractive effect. The _ Mi_v^>- by hand a slight vari-
necking so far below - a^ion of proportion
door and inside frame. J j ' - into five panes up, five
The door has unusu- L___1_:_~l panes across, the lower
july I925
two ninety-three
An OLD GHURGH and CJLEBE
/colonized by intelli- St. Paut's, WLckford, erected ally wide railings especially
(q gent, well educated 'in 1707, and its glebe-house, where the brass knob>
W people, Narragansett ^ WLtness to the skill of shaPedJ*e a ball, serves as
County reflects in its church ^ budders a ba^ wzth whrch to
the cultivated taste of those n/ii/fTTif/OC
responsible for its erection. J, H. 6UMMINQ0 The broken pediment
Built in 1707, during the terminating with carved
reign of Queen Anne, it gives evidence of benefit rosettes is interesting as is also the keystone in the
from a great calamity, namely, the revival of lintel. The doors at the back are a type of that
interest in architecture___._ concession to super-
that occurred when it stition, the "witch
became necessary to door," devised to keep
rebuild London after 3* eviI spirits out h? the
the great fire of 1666. VE2m&l^mm»-^ shaPe of its paneling
The fire, bringing out MHBH^^U^ which formed either a
as it did the genius of Ml^fe Roman cross or had
Sir Christopher Wren, Hj criss-cross stiles and
was also the cause of "A Kr mullions on the lower
the many books writ- panci.
ten at the time on ar- ML The fenestration
chitectural subjects. Wm^^ ~? mdicates free PIaY of
These books, brought IP the imagination; the
over to the New 1 treatment of two win-
World, formed the jM dows 011 cither side of
basis for the work of Bfe> the doorway and five
the Master Carpenter. p* on the second floor
He was his own archi- bemS a New England
tect and therefore free JD innovation. The rear
to exercise his fancy. %i fenestration, while
He builded to please B^_^^^WflM|| original, is logical
the eye, rather than to iHHH^-'^^'^^^HRHI enough—a window
follow any rule of jP*$^V*§5S-' . " tiM ' 3raH$ near each end to light
thumb, to which fact H .\^^S^gtt the gallery and two
is attributed the ^^^^^^^^J^^^^^^BH wmdows back of the
charm of much early Kg §| i H *\f?8 pulpit—and reminds
Tnlnrunl wnrlr i---"-- one "that this church
colonial work. gT PAUL'S (1707), wickford, Connecticut ....
Of more interest > was built in a day
U1 more inxcrcsr, detail of doorway, st. paul s . . j
both historically and ,- _j I whcn insufficient
architecturally, than ' ZIIIIZIZI^^^- means of lighting the
the average country zzzz~^-T7ii^--■-'- interiors made it nec-
church, quaint old St. —^^Sfr ^gJS^*j|>j*%^ ~ essary to admit as
Paul's has a doorway ^^0^^ '^^^NghriZZZZ: much of Nature's light
of incorrect proportion V as possible. When
but exceedingly at- I WM \ --- each frame was made
tractive effect. The _ Mi_v^>- by hand a slight vari-
necking so far below - a^ion of proportion
door and inside frame. J j ' - into five panes up, five
The door has unusu- L___1_:_~l panes across, the lower
july I925
two ninety-three