Late Gothic character (Plate XII.). There is no actual Renaissance detail in the external work, although much of it looks as though it were quite ready for the change. [Illustration: 37.--COMPTON WINYATES, WARWICKSHIRE. GROUND PLAN (CIR. 1520).] [Illustration: PLATE XII. COMPTON WINYATES, WARWICKSHIRE THE ENTRANCE PORCH] [Illustration: 38.--SUTTON PLACE, NEAR GUILDFORD. GROUND PLAN (1523-25).] [Illustration: 39.--SUTTON PLACE, SURREY. DETAILS (1523-25).] So far, although we have come to nearly the close of the first quarter of the century, we have seen but little effect from the new style. Just a suggestion in the ornament at East Barsham, and a slight tendency towards a symmetrical treatment of the plan; yet whatever symmetry there may have been at East Barsham was thrown to the winds at Compton Winyates. In the next example, Sutton Place, near Guildford, only a few years later in date (1523-25),[9] we find symmetry in plan and elevation, and ornament which is strongly marked with Italian character. The entrance was as usual through a tower, and faced the hall door exactly opposite, on the axial line (Fig. 38). Such accuracy of alignment was so infrequent at this date, and it results in the hall door being placed so far from the end wall where the screens ought to be, that a feeling of doubt creeps in as to whether we see here the original arrangement unaltered. The hall, too, is of such a height as to embrace two tiers of windows, another most unusual treatment. In the ordinary way the windows would have been made lofty in proportion to the hall. If the existing dispositions have come down unaltered, they are a striking testimony to the manner in which routine of design was broken in order to obtain external symmetry. Apart from this point, the plan adheres to the usual lines. The hall connects the two wings, and the sides of the court are formed by a series of small chambers approached either through each other or from the outer air. The internal walls have either been removed or altered, but the external walls remain to show that the wings enclosing the court were only one room thick, and not of sufficient width to allow of a corridor. [9] _Annals of an Old Manor House_, by Frederic Harrison. There is, however, an important point to be noticed, and that is the symmetrical treatment of the court. Not only is there a little bay window halfway along each side, but the bay window of the hall, which comes in the angle of the court, is balanced by another bay in the other angle, although there is no important room to be lighted by it. Such an arrangement was often adopted in subsequent plans, but this is the first instance which we have seen of it. [Illustration: 40.--SUTTON PLACE, SURREY. PART ELEVATION OF COURTYARD (1523-25).]