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MANOR-HOUSE, SOUTH WRAXHALL, WILTSHIRE.
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Plate XIV. Longitudinal and Transverse Sections of the Hall, and sections
of the Bays. The elegant open roof is shewn, which is ornamented by quatre-
foils between the principal rafters; and the arched beams are supported by
brackets, on which are shields, with the armorial bearings relating to the family
of Long : one of these brackets was destroyed by increasing the thickness of the
end wall to the right, in order to carry up the flue of the Drawing-room. The
Chimney-piece, which bears the date An. Dni. 1598, is interesting as a specimen
of Elizabethan detail. The Arms on the Shield are those of Long, impaling a
pelican feeding her young, for Carne, which shews the marriage of Sir Robert
Long with Barbara, daughter of Sir Edward Carne, the parents of Sir Walter
Long, by whom this was put up.
Plate XV. gives a Transverse Section of the Roof to a larger scale, with
details of its timbers, and the brackets supporting the arched beams of the roof,
together with the shields at large. No. 1 bears the MarshalVs-lock, a cog-
nizance adopted by the Longs, as mentioned above. No. 2 bears the arms of
Popham, which are, on a chief, two stags’ heads caboshed, charged with a
crescent. No. 3, which is shewn on the bracket to the right, bears Long
impaling Popham. No. 4. Ten billets, 1, 3, 3, and 3, for Cozvdray. No. 5. Long.
No. 6. On a chevron, three torteaux between ten crosslets, for Berkeley.
No. 7. Lorig impaling Berkeley. No. 8. Two wings for Seymour. These
shields, and the mouldings on which they are placed, are carved in stone ; no
vestige of the emblazoning is left, but, by reference to Appendix, No. IV., it can
be supplied: the upper part of the bracket is of oak. They seem of later
date than the roof, and were probably put up by Sir Thomas Long, who built
the Gatehouse.
Plate XVI. At the top of this Plate, to the right, is shewn a transverse
section of the original roof of the Guest Chamber, still existing over the
Drawing-room ceiling; and to the left, two compartments of the same longi-
tudinally. Half of one compartment of the Hall-roof is shewn in plan to a
larger scale, and the other Gcip-mouths referred to Plate X. by numbers.
Plate XVII. The Drawing-Room.
This is a Perspective View of the Drawing-Room from the door, as you enter,
from off the landing of the staircase. It is in the style of the reign of James I.
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Plate XIV. Longitudinal and Transverse Sections of the Hall, and sections
of the Bays. The elegant open roof is shewn, which is ornamented by quatre-
foils between the principal rafters; and the arched beams are supported by
brackets, on which are shields, with the armorial bearings relating to the family
of Long : one of these brackets was destroyed by increasing the thickness of the
end wall to the right, in order to carry up the flue of the Drawing-room. The
Chimney-piece, which bears the date An. Dni. 1598, is interesting as a specimen
of Elizabethan detail. The Arms on the Shield are those of Long, impaling a
pelican feeding her young, for Carne, which shews the marriage of Sir Robert
Long with Barbara, daughter of Sir Edward Carne, the parents of Sir Walter
Long, by whom this was put up.
Plate XV. gives a Transverse Section of the Roof to a larger scale, with
details of its timbers, and the brackets supporting the arched beams of the roof,
together with the shields at large. No. 1 bears the MarshalVs-lock, a cog-
nizance adopted by the Longs, as mentioned above. No. 2 bears the arms of
Popham, which are, on a chief, two stags’ heads caboshed, charged with a
crescent. No. 3, which is shewn on the bracket to the right, bears Long
impaling Popham. No. 4. Ten billets, 1, 3, 3, and 3, for Cozvdray. No. 5. Long.
No. 6. On a chevron, three torteaux between ten crosslets, for Berkeley.
No. 7. Lorig impaling Berkeley. No. 8. Two wings for Seymour. These
shields, and the mouldings on which they are placed, are carved in stone ; no
vestige of the emblazoning is left, but, by reference to Appendix, No. IV., it can
be supplied: the upper part of the bracket is of oak. They seem of later
date than the roof, and were probably put up by Sir Thomas Long, who built
the Gatehouse.
Plate XVI. At the top of this Plate, to the right, is shewn a transverse
section of the original roof of the Guest Chamber, still existing over the
Drawing-room ceiling; and to the left, two compartments of the same longi-
tudinally. Half of one compartment of the Hall-roof is shewn in plan to a
larger scale, and the other Gcip-mouths referred to Plate X. by numbers.
Plate XVII. The Drawing-Room.
This is a Perspective View of the Drawing-Room from the door, as you enter,
from off the landing of the staircase. It is in the style of the reign of James I.
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