. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . e foundedand endowedfor the night-ly entertain- ment of six vided they be not rogues WM^ffly|||^MM^|Jil^ poor travel- nor proctors. IB^^^^^^^^BMSZSJij ^^^^^ ^ pro- As at Canterbm-y, the choir is to an exceptionaldegree shut off from thenave. It is enclosed bya stone screen, and ap-proached by a flight of steps, the latter con-struction being rendered necessary by the cryptbeneath the eastern part of the church. In thelarger cathedral this arrangement enhances theidea of magnitude, in the smaller it has
. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . e foundedand endowedfor the night-ly entertain- ment of six vided they be not rogues WM^ffly|||^MM^|Jil^ poor travel- nor proctors. IB^^^^^^^^BMSZSJij ^^^^^ ^ pro- As at Canterbm-y, the choir is to an exceptionaldegree shut off from thenave. It is enclosed bya stone screen, and ap-proached by a flight of steps, the latter con-struction being rendered necessary by the cryptbeneath the eastern part of the church. In thelarger cathedral this arrangement enhances theidea of magnitude, in the smaller it has, Ave think,an opposite effect. The choir especially seemsnarrow and cramped. Its architecture is ratherheavy, and it produces on the whole an impri-soned feeling. The style is Early English, butthe exact date is not known; it was, however, com-pleted before 1227. The most marked peculiarityis in the western part of the choir, which isentirely shut off from the aisles, and does not seem to have ever communicatedwith them, the wall appearing to be perfectly solid up to the clerestory. The.
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