Winkles's architectural and picturesque illustrations of the cathedral churches of England and Wales . e present state of this Cathedral, whichhave lately appeared in a Chester paper, it appears that tracesof Norman work exist in the lower part of the north wing ofthe transept, in the substructure of the piers which support thecentre tower, in the lower part of the north aisle of the naveexternally, in the blank space of walling at the wrestern extremity ofthe north range of the nave arches in the north aisle of the choir, insome buildings connecting the north-west angle of the Cathedralwith t
Winkles's architectural and picturesque illustrations of the cathedral churches of England and Wales . e present state of this Cathedral, whichhave lately appeared in a Chester paper, it appears that tracesof Norman work exist in the lower part of the north wing ofthe transept, in the substructure of the piers which support thecentre tower, in the lower part of the north aisle of the naveexternally, in the blank space of walling at the wrestern extremity ofthe north range of the nave arches in the north aisle of the choir, insome buildings connecting the north-west angle of the Cathedralwith the palace, and in some portions of the cloister court; andalthough, observes the author of these remarks, most of themare obscured either by additions of later date or by decay, yetthere is enough remaining to enable the antiquary to determinewith certainty a difference of date, and that the earliest portionsare the most easterly, those in the cloisters being the latest, andpresenting some interesting examples in a state of transition toearly English, There seems to be no doubt in the minds of any. CM (ii BSTIB I I i ii i DH 11 ? MM experienced antiquary thai the north uinLr of the pari of Earl Hughi building) the character of the prork coinciding exactly willi ill* architecture of the -aim- «• : ami tin- -aim- judicious author gives verj Bufficienl a to presume that the nave if not completed vras .11 least in i state of advancementduring the lifetime of thai earl, oral all event! before the deathof Richard) the first abbot) who < i I * * < 1 in tin- year 1118; and heven justly concludes, from an attentive and minute examination of the masonry at both ends of ii, that the Norman Dave in the extent of its plan, was not different from the present one; amisupposing tin south wing »t the transept to have corresponded in its original state with what the north now is, it will give the reader a correct notion of the plan of the greater part of this Cathe
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