Studio: international art (41.1907)

The Norman Chapel Buildings at Broad Campden

NORMAN CHAPEL: THE LIBRARY RESTORATION AND RECONSTRUCTION BY C. R. ASHBEE, ARCHITECT

and part of the floor had fallen. I managed, how- it comprises a large bow built in oak and
ever, to save a good many of the old timbers, as rough-cast and in the traditional Gloucester-
also the fireplaces. The south-east end look- shire manner. This was essential, to adapt the
ing on to the terrace (see p. 290), is new; room to modern requirements of sun and air.

When I first took the
building in hand this was
the only room that had
an occupan t—a fine
Gloucestershire sow with
her litter, whom she was
bringing up with great care
under some fragments of
fourteenth - century stone
carving.

Above the dining-room
is a very beautiful four-
teenth - century bedroom
(see illustration, p. 293).
The roof was at one time
a simple king-post struc-
ture, but it had been
neglected, and the cen-
turies of thatching through
which the rain had now
penetrated had ruined the
work for carrying purposes.
It seemed a pity, however,
to gut this, so I built a