Mediæval London, Volume 2: EcclesiasticalBesant, Walter
History
Mediæval London, Volume 2: Ecclesiastical
Besant, Walter
London (England) -- History -- To 1500; London (England) -- Social life and customs -- To 1500
down the arch which led into the Bishop’s Chapel was discovered part
of the fabric of the lancet-window originally in that place; which
became a most valuable model for the restoration of the others. In
the present perfected state of this edifice, the eastern end of it
exhibits the four original gables, each surmounted by a rich cross,
and containing in the point a small triple lancet window, with carved
corbelheads and columnated-mullions; with a large window of the same
description below. The form of the glazing in the latter consists of
large intersected circles and lozenges; with some armorial ensigns,
etc., in stained glass. The roofs of the Chapel are covered with lead,
and the walls are of flints like those of the other restored parts of
the Church, with stone mouldings and quoins; the four buttresses, and
the north-east turret containing the staircase are also restored in a
similar manner; the latter having loopholes and a low cap of stone. On
each side of the building also the peculiar windows have been likewise
carefully copied. Within, the Lady Chapel is 42 feet in length, and has
the roof divided into nine groined arches, supported by six octangular
columns, with circular shafts at their angles. When this place was
formerly used for the Consistorial Court of the Bishop of Winchester,
and the Visitations of the Deanery of Southwark, the north-east corner
was parted off in the manner of a pew, and contained a desk, table,
and elevated seat; but the remainder of the space was abandoned to the
reception of lumber.
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