The Baronial Halls, and Ancient Picturesque Edifices of England; Vol. 1 of 2Hall, S. C. (Samuel Carter)
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The Baronial Halls, and Ancient Picturesque Edifices of England; Vol. 1 of 2
Hall, S. C. (Samuel Carter)
Historic buildings -- England
A vaulted corridor extends from the transept nearly the whole length of
the choir on its north side. This has been divided by a screen of blank
panelling, and the eastern portion formed into a “Vestrie.” The
remainder is used as a north entrance to the Church, having also an
entrance into the Chapter House. This building is hexagonal on its
exterior end, and is now appropriated as a mausoleum, to which those who
love the muse will resort as to a place of pilgrimage, for here repose
the earthly remains of that “servant to Queen Elizabeth, Chancellor to
King James, and friend to Sir Philip Sidney,” whose name will be as
imperishable as that of the dear brother of his heart, whose friendship
was the climax of his fame, and the consummation of all his ambitious
hopes. The monument to the memory of Fulke Grevill consists of a
sarcophagus, placed beneath a heavy canopy, supported by Corinthian
columns. It is a heavy and ungraceful erection--rendered picturesque,
however, by the ancient helmets and glaives laid upon it, and the
moth-eaten banners, and rusted armour, that hang above the tomb.
The entrance to the Beauchamp Chapel is by a descent of several steps,
from the south transept of the Church, beneath a doorway of
finely-carved stone--the work of a
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native artist, “a mason of Warwick,” in 1704. Entered, the spectator
beholds a sepulchral chapel, built in the “style of the later Gothic,”
of limited extent--its size being 58 feet in length by 25 in breadth,
and its height being 32 feet--but of surpassing beauty. The light is
supplied by three large windows in the upper part of the side walls
(north and south), on the west by a window which looks into St. Mary’s
Church, and by a large window on the east. Formerly, they were all
richly adorned with painted glass, of which some valuable relics yet
remain. The east window is, however, even now, nearly perfect, and may
be considered one of the finest examples of the art to be found in the
kingdom. “Indeed,” (we quote from a writer in “The Antiquarian and
Architectural Year Book,”) there are few windows of painted glass
remaining in ecclesiastical or other buildings
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