An attempt to discriminate the styles of architecture in England, from the conquest to the reformation : with a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders . ib. iii. cap. 23. Duchy of Lancaster, fol. 84, ibid., f Man. Ang., i. 342, and iii. 529. P- ••^2- SeeBrittoasAx-chitecturalAntiquities, WILLIAM I. 83 1077—1107. The genuine -works of Bishop Gunclulf, thegreat builder of his time, belong to the rude work of the previousstyle, with little or no a?hlar-work, and devoid of mouldings, muchless ornamentation : they consist of a small part of the crvpt and thenorth transept tower at EochesterS;
An attempt to discriminate the styles of architecture in England, from the conquest to the reformation : with a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders . ib. iii. cap. 23. Duchy of Lancaster, fol. 84, ibid., f Man. Ang., i. 342, and iii. 529. P- ••^2- SeeBrittoasAx-chitecturalAntiquities, WILLIAM I. 83 1077—1107. The genuine -works of Bishop Gunclulf, thegreat builder of his time, belong to the rude work of the previousstyle, with little or no a?hlar-work, and devoid of mouldings, muchless ornamentation : they consist of a small part of the crvpt and thenorth transept tower at EochesterS; some portions of Mailing Abbey,Kent, founded by him about 1090, and dedicated in 1103; and theearly Korman keep called St. Leonards tower, at Mulling. Thesewill be referred to in the Appendix. The chapel, however, in theWhite Tower, London, may fairly be said to be built in the Normanstyle, and a charter, preserved in the Codex Sojfhisis, distinctly speaksof Gundulf as superintending the works for William . The keep at Mailing has masonry of a very rude description, verylittle better than rubble : but the stones are squared, and the masonry. nWt.£i^Ki_:, Entitle Masonry, St. Leonards Keep-tower, Wide-jointed Masonry, Chapel in the White Mailing, Kent, c 1077. Tower, London, 1081. good and regular of its kind, although the joints of mortar are ex-ceedingly wide, shewing that the stones were in all probabilitychipped, and not sawn or smootlied down in order to give an evenbearing. 1077—1093. St. Albans Abbey Church, built by Abbot Paulof Caen. The original parts are rather of the rude early characterthan Norman, but work of Norman character is introduced. Themasonry is wide-jointed, and a good deal of rubble walling is used,with many Roman tiles, and balustre shafts . 1079—1093. The crypt and transepts of Winchester Cathe-dral, built by Bishop WalkelynJ. The original parts are very plain,of early masonry with wide joints. The early work also has the
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