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DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES.
west. To ttie left is the ecist elevation of the Chain-Gate and Vicars’ Gallery,
which is a beautiful and unique specimen of good taste. It is thought by some,
that Beckington, by whose muniticence this valuable addition was made to the
Vicars’ Close, was his own architect, and that he acquired his knowledge from
William of Wickham; which is not improbable, he having been patronised by
that distinguished prelate, and of whose College at Oxford he was a fellow.
It is of the Perpendicular or Tudor Style, before it acquired that excess of
ornament observable in many buildings of the subsequent periods. On the
west side the elevation is regular, and one of the niches contains a statue of
St. Andrew: whom the two shewn in this elevation represent is not known, as
they are so much decayed. To the right of the Hall is an elevation of the
Tower and Great Staircase; the details of the lower square-headed windows
are given at N, in Plate XIII.
Plate XIX. shews one of the compartments of the Vicars’ Gallery over the
centre archway of the Chain-Gate. The two lights of this window, which are
divided by a canopied niche, form two distinct windows inside. A plan of the
jamb is given in Plate XIII., one-eighth the full size, at K: other details are
shewn on this Plate, and are referred by letters. In the string-course under the
window are, alternately, parts of Beckington’s arms, viz. a pheon in the centre,
and two stags’ heads, one on each side ; and an angel displaying a scroll. The
two angels bearing a mitre, with the labels displayed, complete his armorial
bearings; they support a pinnacle, which is exactly over the centre of the
arch below.
Plate XX. is the North Elevation of the Hall towards the Close, and a
transverse section of the Great Staircase, with the Passage-room to the muniment
room over. At the top of the stairs is the door into the Hall.
Plate XXI. One of the Windows before alluded to, as being of an earlier
date than the rest of the Hall, is given in this Plate. To the right is the
interior elevation, as seen in Plate XXII.; and to the left the exterior elevation,
as seen in Plates XIV. and XX.: details are given to a larger scale.
Plate XXII. shews a Longitudinal Section of the Hall and Kitchen, the
rooms under, and the Entrance-Gateway. In the Hall, the south Oriel Window,
the fireplace, and the entrance into the small lobby, are seen. To the right of
DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES.
west. To ttie left is the ecist elevation of the Chain-Gate and Vicars’ Gallery,
which is a beautiful and unique specimen of good taste. It is thought by some,
that Beckington, by whose muniticence this valuable addition was made to the
Vicars’ Close, was his own architect, and that he acquired his knowledge from
William of Wickham; which is not improbable, he having been patronised by
that distinguished prelate, and of whose College at Oxford he was a fellow.
It is of the Perpendicular or Tudor Style, before it acquired that excess of
ornament observable in many buildings of the subsequent periods. On the
west side the elevation is regular, and one of the niches contains a statue of
St. Andrew: whom the two shewn in this elevation represent is not known, as
they are so much decayed. To the right of the Hall is an elevation of the
Tower and Great Staircase; the details of the lower square-headed windows
are given at N, in Plate XIII.
Plate XIX. shews one of the compartments of the Vicars’ Gallery over the
centre archway of the Chain-Gate. The two lights of this window, which are
divided by a canopied niche, form two distinct windows inside. A plan of the
jamb is given in Plate XIII., one-eighth the full size, at K: other details are
shewn on this Plate, and are referred by letters. In the string-course under the
window are, alternately, parts of Beckington’s arms, viz. a pheon in the centre,
and two stags’ heads, one on each side ; and an angel displaying a scroll. The
two angels bearing a mitre, with the labels displayed, complete his armorial
bearings; they support a pinnacle, which is exactly over the centre of the
arch below.
Plate XX. is the North Elevation of the Hall towards the Close, and a
transverse section of the Great Staircase, with the Passage-room to the muniment
room over. At the top of the stairs is the door into the Hall.
Plate XXI. One of the Windows before alluded to, as being of an earlier
date than the rest of the Hall, is given in this Plate. To the right is the
interior elevation, as seen in Plate XXII.; and to the left the exterior elevation,
as seen in Plates XIV. and XX.: details are given to a larger scale.
Plate XXII. shews a Longitudinal Section of the Hall and Kitchen, the
rooms under, and the Entrance-Gateway. In the Hall, the south Oriel Window,
the fireplace, and the entrance into the small lobby, are seen. To the right of