. Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely . to rebuild this carved head over W. window. Romanbrick is found in S. wall. Cross keys overgable. N. window Perp. Good Dec. E. windowwith shafts. Good gargoyles on N. side. S. doorhas circular arch, without tympanum. Rebuilt,17S1. Register, 1586. Transcript, 1599. St. Matthew.—An ecclesiastical parish formed,1870, out of the parish of St. Andrew the built 1866. An octagonal brick struc-ture, with transepts on four sides. An easternarm forms the chancel. There are N. and and W. belfry. Three bells. Roof sur-mounte
. Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely . to rebuild this carved head over W. window. Romanbrick is found in S. wall. Cross keys overgable. N. window Perp. Good Dec. E. windowwith shafts. Good gargoyles on N. side. S. doorhas circular arch, without tympanum. Rebuilt,17S1. Register, 1586. Transcript, 1599. St. Matthew.—An ecclesiastical parish formed,1870, out of the parish of St. Andrew the built 1866. An octagonal brick struc-ture, with transepts on four sides. An easternarm forms the chancel. There are N. and and W. belfry. Three bells. Roof sur-mounted by octagonal lantern. Register, 1870. Holy SepidcJire (? St. Andrew: not a Tem-plars church, simply a parish church built inimitation of Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem, as atNorthampton and elsewhere). One of four re-maining round churches in England, the mostancient of the number, dating possibly fromcommencement of 12th cent, (it seems to havebeen consecrated iioi). Circular portion Norm.,supported by eight massive columns, without. CAMBRIDGE, ST. PETER. SOUTH-EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE 39 bases, with semicircular arches, some havingzigzag ornament. Above these a tier of eightarches, each enclosing two small ones with dis-tinct shafts, capitals varied and with groininghave Norm, enrichments. Over second tier ofarches there were until church restored, 1845, byC. C. S. eight inserted Perp. windows. Thesewere replaced by windows in Norm, style. Thecircular clerestory has vaulted conical roof, sub-stituted by C. C. S. for low, round, embattledtower. This circular portion forms principalentrance to church by good Norm, doorway(zigzag ornament), with aisles and embattledturret. One bell and priests bell. A view of thechurch in supposed original state in Archceologia(vol. vi.). The early volumes of the Ecclesiologistfurnish a record of its vicissitudes. On therestoration of the church in 1844 (which effacedso largely its historical landmarks) the a stone altar, which gave rise
Size: 1322px × 1889px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectchurcharchitecture
