The history of Hampton Court Palace in Tudor times . rtificialities of this style of archi-tecture, with the truth and flexibility of the old EnglishGothic close by, where the chimneys, instead of being adisfigurement to the building, are treated as indispensableadjuncts to it, and are arranged in pleasing clusters ofdelicately moulded shafts, which form harmonious orna-ments to the whole design. Similar criticisms apply, in a general way, to the SouthFront, which is on a like plan, only varying from the EastFront in having wings, 56 feet 6 inches long, project-ing 8 feet 4 inches from the mai
The history of Hampton Court Palace in Tudor times . rtificialities of this style of archi-tecture, with the truth and flexibility of the old EnglishGothic close by, where the chimneys, instead of being adisfigurement to the building, are treated as indispensableadjuncts to it, and are arranged in pleasing clusters ofdelicately moulded shafts, which form harmonious orna-ments to the whole design. Similar criticisms apply, in a general way, to the SouthFront, which is on a like plan, only varying from the EastFront in having wings, 56 feet 6 inches long, project-ing 8 feet 4 inches from the main frontage, and inhaving its centre differently treated and less highly em-bellished. This last, in fact, simply consists of four, plain,unfluted, engaged, Corinthian columns, supporting an entab-lature on which are inscribed the words : gvlielmvs etMARIA —that is, William and Mary, King andQueen, built [this Palace], the initials standing forthe Latin words Rex Regiria Fecerunt, Above the entablature are continuations of the columns. 1691] Architectural Features of Wrens Palace, 45 in the form of four decorated pilasters, which extend throughthe balustrade, and on the tops of which formerly stoodstatues. The small stone pediments over the two windowsmidway between the centre and the wings are very finelydecorated with stone carvings, consisting of cupids sup-porting shields with the arms of William and Mary, sur-
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