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DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES.
Plate VI. shews two Transverse Sections across the Hall, the lines of which
are dotted on the Plans, Plate III.: that to the right shews the Bays and the
Dressmg-closets over, with the look-out through a mask from each into the
Hall. At the bottom of the Plate are sliewn the Griffins, which terminate the
small gables of the North Front, holding a shield with the Tropenell Arms.
These figures are of excellent workmanship, and are designed with great spirit.
To the right are given the details of the carpentry of the roof of the Hall, and
the oak mouldings of the ceilings in the dressing-closets.
Plates VII. VIII. and IX. illustrate the Semicircular Oriel Window in the
left wing, north front. Plate VII. shews the Exterior Elevation and Section ;
Plate VIII. PlanSy sections of Mouldings, and the pateras in the lower string
course ; Plate IX. the Interior Elevation, and various details. The ornament
which crowns this window is shewn to a larger scale, and is peculiarly beautiful
in effect, though not, perhaps, in drawing; it is extremely light, and appropriate
in application: by the bold manner in which it is pierced, and the undulating
form of the leaves, any heaviness, which otherwise would exist, is done away:
it is commonly termed the Strawberry-leaf ornament; but this example differs
from any the author has seen, as the circular portions of the leaves, instead of
being convex, are concave, which adds greatly to the richness of the whole.
The soffit inside is richly groined in fanwork, a half-plan of which is given in
Plate VIII. The pendants, which terminate the groining, are peculiar, spread-
ing over the arch moulding. The heads, at the bottom of the Plate to the right,
form the brackets of the corbelling outside. See Plate VII. The original iron
fastening to the window is given half the real size.
Plate X. gives, at No. 1, the Window in the Bay of the Hall, and, at No. 2,
the Window of the Hall, north front. The labels are terminated by squares
placed diagonally, enriched with a leaf in the centre; the details explain
themselves.
Plates XI. and XII. shew the Octagonal Oriel Window in the right wing.
Plate XI. gives an Elevation and Section: the arms which finish this window at
top are those of Tropenell, but seem of later date than the rest of the work;
under the Corbelling, which is panelled, the label of a square-headed window still
exists ; the dotted lines shew what the head of the window is supposed to have
been, with a strong mullion in the centre, similar to that given in Plate XV.,
DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES.
Plate VI. shews two Transverse Sections across the Hall, the lines of which
are dotted on the Plans, Plate III.: that to the right shews the Bays and the
Dressmg-closets over, with the look-out through a mask from each into the
Hall. At the bottom of the Plate are sliewn the Griffins, which terminate the
small gables of the North Front, holding a shield with the Tropenell Arms.
These figures are of excellent workmanship, and are designed with great spirit.
To the right are given the details of the carpentry of the roof of the Hall, and
the oak mouldings of the ceilings in the dressing-closets.
Plates VII. VIII. and IX. illustrate the Semicircular Oriel Window in the
left wing, north front. Plate VII. shews the Exterior Elevation and Section ;
Plate VIII. PlanSy sections of Mouldings, and the pateras in the lower string
course ; Plate IX. the Interior Elevation, and various details. The ornament
which crowns this window is shewn to a larger scale, and is peculiarly beautiful
in effect, though not, perhaps, in drawing; it is extremely light, and appropriate
in application: by the bold manner in which it is pierced, and the undulating
form of the leaves, any heaviness, which otherwise would exist, is done away:
it is commonly termed the Strawberry-leaf ornament; but this example differs
from any the author has seen, as the circular portions of the leaves, instead of
being convex, are concave, which adds greatly to the richness of the whole.
The soffit inside is richly groined in fanwork, a half-plan of which is given in
Plate VIII. The pendants, which terminate the groining, are peculiar, spread-
ing over the arch moulding. The heads, at the bottom of the Plate to the right,
form the brackets of the corbelling outside. See Plate VII. The original iron
fastening to the window is given half the real size.
Plate X. gives, at No. 1, the Window in the Bay of the Hall, and, at No. 2,
the Window of the Hall, north front. The labels are terminated by squares
placed diagonally, enriched with a leaf in the centre; the details explain
themselves.
Plates XI. and XII. shew the Octagonal Oriel Window in the right wing.
Plate XI. gives an Elevation and Section: the arms which finish this window at
top are those of Tropenell, but seem of later date than the rest of the work;
under the Corbelling, which is panelled, the label of a square-headed window still
exists ; the dotted lines shew what the head of the window is supposed to have
been, with a strong mullion in the centre, similar to that given in Plate XV.,