Adam's illustrated guide to Rye (with map) : Winchelsea, Northiam, Camben-on-Sea, and all places of interest in the neighbourhood . m the sunk basementwhich extends under a large part of the house. Flemishbricks, smaller in size than those of modern times, wereused in the construction of the three great chimney stacks,the house itself being a wood-framed structure coveredwith lath and plaster. The room in which the paintingwas discovered had been lined with oak panelling, havinga frieze of shallow carving, the style of which was indica-tive of Jacobean work. The ceiling has a finely-mouldedmai
Adam's illustrated guide to Rye (with map) : Winchelsea, Northiam, Camben-on-Sea, and all places of interest in the neighbourhood . m the sunk basementwhich extends under a large part of the house. Flemishbricks, smaller in size than those of modern times, wereused in the construction of the three great chimney stacks,the house itself being a wood-framed structure coveredwith lath and plaster. The room in which the paintingwas discovered had been lined with oak panelling, havinga frieze of shallow carving, the style of which was indica-tive of Jacobean work. The ceiling has a finely-mouldedmain beam and cross joists, with characteristic late Per-pendicular mouldings. As a workman was engaged inremoving the modern skirting board at the foot of thepanelling, he saw a small piece of plaster drop out frombehind it on one side of which he noticed colouring :upon closer examination, part of an Old I^nglish letter wasobserved, and when the rest of the panelling was removed,behind it (much obscured by the grime and dirt ofcenturies, and in parts sadly injured by damp, and the * The house was an Inn from 1636 to about 1758. Supplement. nailing of the panelling to the wall) was found this finespecimen of a decorative domestic fresco painting, whichextended across the entire length of the room. Thedesign is probably intended to represent either the Gardenof Eden, or a hunting scene with various animals andbirds; along the upper portion extends a broad frieze, theground of which is sown with fleurs de lis. At each endof it is a large Tudor rose charged upon the sun insplendour, with rays shooting from it. This being theheraldic badge of King Edward VI., fixes the date of thepainting within the period 1537—1553. There are threeoblong tablets sustained by pairs of angels, upon which,in old black lettering, are inscribed portions of theMagnificat in English ; of which the central one containsnearly all that is now legible. Upon it can be easily madeout My soule magnifyeth ye Lor
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