. The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark and parts adjacent. been nearly in the same highly ornamented state, to whichit was brought by the additions of the fourteenth century. It was abeautiful architectural composition. In the basement were seen win-dows, which served to light the crypt and its subchapels. Thewindows of the superstructure greatly resembled the south tran-sept of Westminster Abbey, a series of arched openings extendedalong the entire wall, over which was a large Catharine wheelcarved in rich and resplendent tracery and inscribed in a circle,the angles b
. The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark and parts adjacent. been nearly in the same highly ornamented state, to whichit was brought by the additions of the fourteenth century. It was abeautiful architectural composition. In the basement were seen win-dows, which served to light the crypt and its subchapels. Thewindows of the superstructure greatly resembled the south tran-sept of Westminster Abbey, a series of arched openings extendedalong the entire wall, over which was a large Catharine wheelcarved in rich and resplendent tracery and inscribed in a circle,the angles being occupied by circles. Above this window was agallery with a parapet, pierced with quarterfoils. In the gableabove the gallery, was a window occupied by tracery. The aileswhich were separated from the central division by buttresses, endingon pinnacles, had windows similar to their sides. The cloisters were made in height into two stories ; the lower wasoccupied by an arcade, the upper contained a series of windows,upon the whole displaying a rich example of the pointed The Chapter House, which stood in the middle of the central area, was octangular, andthough evidently defaced, shewed the remains of rich and elegantworkmanship, in the same style of architecture as York the interior four pillars sustained the vaulted roof. The interior of the cathedral, in splendour equalled, if it didnot surpass, any church in England ; one of its best features wasan uninterrupted view from west to east of the grand roof. The nave was in height made into three stories; the first storyconsisted of an arcade of considerable altitude, composed of elevensemicircular arches sustained on lofty pillars surrounded with smallercolumns. The second, or gallery story, consisted of single archesof the same breadth as the lower ones, but of less height, sustainedon clustered columns. The inner column of the main pillarwas carried up to sustain the roof. The upper story and vault HISTO
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