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BEDDINGTON MANOE HOUSE, SURREY.
The central shield, on the cornice, is charged with the arms of Carevv,
with a quartering, impaled with Oxenbridge; the bearings of Sir Richard and
his lady. The two lesser shields bear their respective arms, separately. This
monument gives a very fair example of the latest fashion of ornamented
sepulchres, before the pointed, or Gothic, style of architecture became super-
seded by the Italian. The projection of the tomb is shewn in the section,
and the recess of the arch, which is cut into the substance of the wall, is
pointed out by the shaded lines drawn on the elevation.
PLATE, No. 37.
BEDDINGTON MANOR HOUSE, SURREY.
The mansion of the Carew family, at Beddington, is an extensive edifice
of brick, composed of a spacious hall in the centre, with two wings of a
different style, and of subsequent erection. The hall, which has a fine roof
of timber, is said to have been erected by Sir Francis Carew, knt., grandson
to Sir Richard, whose tomb has been described above. He died in 1611, at a
very advanced age.
The lock on the principal door of the hall, represented in the accom-
panying Plate, No. 1, is most curiously wrought. The date of this elaborate
piece of workmanship must be referred to the reign of Henry VII., whose
arms are sculptured in the centre, upon a plate which slides over the key-
hole, so as to conceal it.* The other enrichments shew various imitations,
in miniature, of architectural decorations of that period. Examples of this
sort of furniture are very rarely seen; but a few perfect specimens may
occasionally be found, sufficient to prove how carefully the most subordinate
latter part was probably never completed; the date of her death being left for her executors to
insert, by the lady herself, when she erected the monument over her husband’s grave, intending
it to serve also for her own sepulchre. Many similar instances of posthumous neglect may be seen
on the monuments of the dead.
* These armorial bearings are appropriated to Henry VII. by the supporters, a dragon and a
greyhound collared, which are placed on each side of the shield. Beneath appear two roses, the
celebrated badges of the rival families of Lancaster and York, united by the marriage of this
king.
BEDDINGTON MANOE HOUSE, SURREY.
The central shield, on the cornice, is charged with the arms of Carevv,
with a quartering, impaled with Oxenbridge; the bearings of Sir Richard and
his lady. The two lesser shields bear their respective arms, separately. This
monument gives a very fair example of the latest fashion of ornamented
sepulchres, before the pointed, or Gothic, style of architecture became super-
seded by the Italian. The projection of the tomb is shewn in the section,
and the recess of the arch, which is cut into the substance of the wall, is
pointed out by the shaded lines drawn on the elevation.
PLATE, No. 37.
BEDDINGTON MANOR HOUSE, SURREY.
The mansion of the Carew family, at Beddington, is an extensive edifice
of brick, composed of a spacious hall in the centre, with two wings of a
different style, and of subsequent erection. The hall, which has a fine roof
of timber, is said to have been erected by Sir Francis Carew, knt., grandson
to Sir Richard, whose tomb has been described above. He died in 1611, at a
very advanced age.
The lock on the principal door of the hall, represented in the accom-
panying Plate, No. 1, is most curiously wrought. The date of this elaborate
piece of workmanship must be referred to the reign of Henry VII., whose
arms are sculptured in the centre, upon a plate which slides over the key-
hole, so as to conceal it.* The other enrichments shew various imitations,
in miniature, of architectural decorations of that period. Examples of this
sort of furniture are very rarely seen; but a few perfect specimens may
occasionally be found, sufficient to prove how carefully the most subordinate
latter part was probably never completed; the date of her death being left for her executors to
insert, by the lady herself, when she erected the monument over her husband’s grave, intending
it to serve also for her own sepulchre. Many similar instances of posthumous neglect may be seen
on the monuments of the dead.
* These armorial bearings are appropriated to Henry VII. by the supporters, a dragon and a
greyhound collared, which are placed on each side of the shield. Beneath appear two roses, the
celebrated badges of the rival families of Lancaster and York, united by the marriage of this
king.