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WOLTERTON MANOR HOUSE, NORFOLK.
No. 2. exhibits a similar turret on the north-east angle of the gate-house,
with two plans corresponding to the elevation.*
These turrets, or pinnacles, for they may be called by either name, must
have been highly ornamental to the building in a general view, though it may
be questioned whether they were designed in accordance with good taste.
They nearly resembled the tunnels of chimneys in shape and size, but wanted
the character of usefulness which makes a chimney appear proper to a
domestic edifice. The same objection may be extended to the octagonal
buttresses which are attached to the quoins of the building: they are like
turrets rather than buttresses, yet are too narrow to admit of any internal
space, and therefore seem to possess no proper character eitlier as turrets
or buttresses. These observations are submitted to the consideration of
architects, without any wish to put forth positive opinions on a question
of taste.
Plate VIII. — Details of the South Front of the Gate-iiouse.
No. 1. Elevation of part of the embattled parapet, and of the ornamental
string-course under it, with a section of the same.
No. 2. Part of the frieze, or string-course, under the chamber-window.
No. 3. The springing of the arch over the gateway, on the left hand with
the canopy over the head of one of the “janitors.”
No. 4. Two portions of one of the turrets are here given at large, shewing
the forms and projections of the mouldings.
No. 5. The mouldings of the jambs, mullion, and sill of the window, are
shewn above the figure 5; and beneath it the section, &c. of a jamb of the
gateway.
All these details display an excellent taste.
Plate IX. — Elevation and Plan of a Stack of Chimneys.
These chimneys are built upon the western gable of the hall, to which
two of the tunnels belonged; two others were appropriated to the chamber
* All the turrets of the house have been broken down to the bases of the upper parts, excepting
one at the eastern angle of the front; but some of them have been replaced by substitutes of modern
work. The original one is here represented; the otliers, of the larger size, ai’e restored in the
Plates, in conformity with it; and the smaller ones from that on the north-east angle of the gate-
liouse, the only original one remaining out of four.
WOLTERTON MANOR HOUSE, NORFOLK.
No. 2. exhibits a similar turret on the north-east angle of the gate-house,
with two plans corresponding to the elevation.*
These turrets, or pinnacles, for they may be called by either name, must
have been highly ornamental to the building in a general view, though it may
be questioned whether they were designed in accordance with good taste.
They nearly resembled the tunnels of chimneys in shape and size, but wanted
the character of usefulness which makes a chimney appear proper to a
domestic edifice. The same objection may be extended to the octagonal
buttresses which are attached to the quoins of the building: they are like
turrets rather than buttresses, yet are too narrow to admit of any internal
space, and therefore seem to possess no proper character eitlier as turrets
or buttresses. These observations are submitted to the consideration of
architects, without any wish to put forth positive opinions on a question
of taste.
Plate VIII. — Details of the South Front of the Gate-iiouse.
No. 1. Elevation of part of the embattled parapet, and of the ornamental
string-course under it, with a section of the same.
No. 2. Part of the frieze, or string-course, under the chamber-window.
No. 3. The springing of the arch over the gateway, on the left hand with
the canopy over the head of one of the “janitors.”
No. 4. Two portions of one of the turrets are here given at large, shewing
the forms and projections of the mouldings.
No. 5. The mouldings of the jambs, mullion, and sill of the window, are
shewn above the figure 5; and beneath it the section, &c. of a jamb of the
gateway.
All these details display an excellent taste.
Plate IX. — Elevation and Plan of a Stack of Chimneys.
These chimneys are built upon the western gable of the hall, to which
two of the tunnels belonged; two others were appropriated to the chamber
* All the turrets of the house have been broken down to the bases of the upper parts, excepting
one at the eastern angle of the front; but some of them have been replaced by substitutes of modern
work. The original one is here represented; the otliers, of the larger size, ai’e restored in the
Plates, in conformity with it; and the smaller ones from that on the north-east angle of the gate-
liouse, the only original one remaining out of four.