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THE BISHOP’S PALACE, WELLS.
lower lights, is extremely elegant; bearing a close resemblance to the windows
of St. Mary’s Church, Oxford.'*
Plate VII. The principal details of the window, shewn in the preceding
Plate, are here displayed separately. The soffit of the arch is beautifully
wrought in tracery, and enriched with the armorial devices of a rose and sun,
and a gun ; in allusion to King Edward IV. and Dr. Gunthorpe. The same
badges, as tliey appear on the front of the window, are given on a large scale in
the present Plate.
PlATE VIII. WlNDOW IN THE NoRTH FrONT OF THE DeANERY, WELLS.
This window, or rather pair of windows, gives light to the eastern chamber
of the first floor in the north front, shewn in Plate I.
The external elevation is comparatively simple, having but very few mould-
ings. The spandrils are enriched with the same armorial badges as the Iarger
windows. The jambs of the recess on the inside are quite plain ; but the arch
over it is filled with very neat tracery: of which a plan and section are given in
the present Plate. This window projects about 1 foot 6 inches from the
principal wall, running in a line with the adjoining chimneys. The projection
is covered at the top of the window by a double course of moulded water-table;
a section of which is here given.
PLATE 53—58.
THE BISHOP’S PALACE, WELLS.
The episcopal palace at Wells appears to have been first erected by John de
Villula, sometimes called John of Tours, from his being a native of that city.
He became bishop in 1088, and, three years afterwards, translated the see to
Bath, probably on account of the superior size and importance of that city.
There he erected a stately church, the abbey having been destroyed by fire the
year before his promotion. Notwithstanding the translation of the see to Bath,
this prelate is said to have pulled down the cloister and lodgings erected by his
predecessor, Bishop Giso, at Wells, and to have built a mansion for the resi-
* See “ Examples of Gotliic Architecture, First Series,” and “ Specimens of Gothic Architecture,”
vol. i.
THE BISHOP’S PALACE, WELLS.
lower lights, is extremely elegant; bearing a close resemblance to the windows
of St. Mary’s Church, Oxford.'*
Plate VII. The principal details of the window, shewn in the preceding
Plate, are here displayed separately. The soffit of the arch is beautifully
wrought in tracery, and enriched with the armorial devices of a rose and sun,
and a gun ; in allusion to King Edward IV. and Dr. Gunthorpe. The same
badges, as tliey appear on the front of the window, are given on a large scale in
the present Plate.
PlATE VIII. WlNDOW IN THE NoRTH FrONT OF THE DeANERY, WELLS.
This window, or rather pair of windows, gives light to the eastern chamber
of the first floor in the north front, shewn in Plate I.
The external elevation is comparatively simple, having but very few mould-
ings. The spandrils are enriched with the same armorial badges as the Iarger
windows. The jambs of the recess on the inside are quite plain ; but the arch
over it is filled with very neat tracery: of which a plan and section are given in
the present Plate. This window projects about 1 foot 6 inches from the
principal wall, running in a line with the adjoining chimneys. The projection
is covered at the top of the window by a double course of moulded water-table;
a section of which is here given.
PLATE 53—58.
THE BISHOP’S PALACE, WELLS.
The episcopal palace at Wells appears to have been first erected by John de
Villula, sometimes called John of Tours, from his being a native of that city.
He became bishop in 1088, and, three years afterwards, translated the see to
Bath, probably on account of the superior size and importance of that city.
There he erected a stately church, the abbey having been destroyed by fire the
year before his promotion. Notwithstanding the translation of the see to Bath,
this prelate is said to have pulled down the cloister and lodgings erected by his
predecessor, Bishop Giso, at Wells, and to have built a mansion for the resi-
* See “ Examples of Gotliic Architecture, First Series,” and “ Specimens of Gothic Architecture,”
vol. i.