The cathedral church of Chichester; a short history & description of its fabric with an account of the diocese and see . ork similar tothat of the earlier work. The upper portion of the new north-west tower ^ being copiedfrom that part of the old one to the south, it will be enoughto describe the original. But first it is necessary to notice thelower stage of the southern tower. The buttressing on thesouth angle is of a later date than the rest of this section ofthe tower. It has a low weathered base. The central partof it has its projection at the base reduced when it reachesits summit by mea
The cathedral church of Chichester; a short history & description of its fabric with an account of the diocese and see . ork similar tothat of the earlier work. The upper portion of the new north-west tower ^ being copiedfrom that part of the old one to the south, it will be enoughto describe the original. But first it is necessary to notice thelower stage of the southern tower. The buttressing on thesouth angle is of a later date than the rest of this section ofthe tower. It has a low weathered base. The central partof it has its projection at the base reduced when it reachesits summit by means of three steep sloping are also openings in the buttress for the staircasewindows. The two lower windows of the west front in thistower are not placed in the same vertical fine. This peculiarityhas been followed in the new tower. The upper of these By the late J. L. Pearson, , and completed by his son. 51 52 CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL. two windows is pointed, and has no label-mould. But theangle shafts that carry the arch have carved capitals andsquare-moulded abaci. Above the head of the pointed. 5. B. Bolus S Co., p/io/o. THE NORTH-EAST ANGLE OF THE SOUTH-WEST TOWER. character. The buttresses window the tower changes in run up to the top as broad, flat surfaces, except that the northern one is slightly weathered twice. The coupled THE EXTERIOR. 53 windows are more deeply recessed, having three ordersof moulded arch-stones instead of the two, as in the lowerwindow of a similar date; and the arch is carried bythree shafts attached as parts of the jamb-stones. Thewindows have label-moulds over them, and the abaci of thecapitals are carried across the buttresses on either side asa string-course. By this means the lines of the compositionare continued horizontally, notwithstanding the interruptionby the openings in the walling. These are now glazed aswindows ; but they were originally open, as some bells oncehung in the tower at this level. The west end of the n
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