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DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES.
The Banqueting Hall, &C.
Plate X. shews the elevation of the Hall to the right, and that of the
Drawing-Room to the left. The Hall, in its masses, resemhles that at Great
Chalfield, and is entered, under an open archway, by a Porch; on the other
side is a Bay, and the Chimney-Shaft occupies precisely the same situation as
at Chalfield; it has been rebuilt, so that the capping is not original. The
Drawing-room window is remarkable for its immense size; it was added about
the time of James I. The mouldings are given in Plate IV.—V.; it extended
only as far as the quoin shewn to the left of this window. At the bottom of
the Plate are two of the Gap-mouths referred by numbers; the others are shewn
in Plate XVI. On the left is a Chimney-Shaft, belonging to the old portion of
the offices, which is seen in the Perspective View, Plate I.: it is supported on
a buttress and corbels.
Plate XI. shews the Porch to a larger scale, and a section through the
same ; in the quatrefoil of the window is the only portion of painted glass now
left. The rafters of this roof are cut in one piece, like ship timbers. The
Wctter-Tables of the Buttresses, the Label, and the Jamb-Mouldings, are given
at large.
Plate XII. gives the Exterior and Interior Elevations of the Window of the
Bciy, shewn in Plate X., with a section and details of the same. The Mullions
are plain in their mouldings, but this window is very neatly finished inside, by a
column supporting a four-centred arch.
Plate XIII. gives an Elevation of one of the Windows of the Hall, interior
and exterior, with a Section; these, like those of the bays, are finished inside by
a column, supporting a four-centred arch, while, on the outside, their arches are
two-centred. They are extremely elegant, and, though plain in their mould-
ings, are chaste and pleasing in effect, and, by being ornamented with tracery,
make us regret the absence of it at Great Chalfield. The Jarnb and Mullions,
the Label which is peculiar in not having a bead, but coming out from the
flush of the wall by a cavetto; the Interior Arch-Mould, the Capital, and Base
of the Column, are given at large.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES.
The Banqueting Hall, &C.
Plate X. shews the elevation of the Hall to the right, and that of the
Drawing-Room to the left. The Hall, in its masses, resemhles that at Great
Chalfield, and is entered, under an open archway, by a Porch; on the other
side is a Bay, and the Chimney-Shaft occupies precisely the same situation as
at Chalfield; it has been rebuilt, so that the capping is not original. The
Drawing-room window is remarkable for its immense size; it was added about
the time of James I. The mouldings are given in Plate IV.—V.; it extended
only as far as the quoin shewn to the left of this window. At the bottom of
the Plate are two of the Gap-mouths referred by numbers; the others are shewn
in Plate XVI. On the left is a Chimney-Shaft, belonging to the old portion of
the offices, which is seen in the Perspective View, Plate I.: it is supported on
a buttress and corbels.
Plate XI. shews the Porch to a larger scale, and a section through the
same ; in the quatrefoil of the window is the only portion of painted glass now
left. The rafters of this roof are cut in one piece, like ship timbers. The
Wctter-Tables of the Buttresses, the Label, and the Jamb-Mouldings, are given
at large.
Plate XII. gives the Exterior and Interior Elevations of the Window of the
Bciy, shewn in Plate X., with a section and details of the same. The Mullions
are plain in their mouldings, but this window is very neatly finished inside, by a
column supporting a four-centred arch.
Plate XIII. gives an Elevation of one of the Windows of the Hall, interior
and exterior, with a Section; these, like those of the bays, are finished inside by
a column, supporting a four-centred arch, while, on the outside, their arches are
two-centred. They are extremely elegant, and, though plain in their mould-
ings, are chaste and pleasing in effect, and, by being ornamented with tracery,
make us regret the absence of it at Great Chalfield. The Jarnb and Mullions,
the Label which is peculiar in not having a bead, but coming out from the
flush of the wall by a cavetto; the Interior Arch-Mould, the Capital, and Base
of the Column, are given at large.