. Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places. st number ofother saints and martyrs, intermixed with intaglios,devices, and abundance of fretwork; and when, onaccount of its extreme beauty, it was called Solo-mons Porch; and now, even injured as it is, thewhole forms a rich and beautiful fa(iade. The south transept underwent considerable re-pairs at the beginning of the present century, andthe great rose window on that side was rebuilt inthe year 1814, 414 OLD AND NEW LONDON. [Westminster Abbey. All the chapels that project on the north-east pointed windows on e
. Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places. st number ofother saints and martyrs, intermixed with intaglios,devices, and abundance of fretwork; and when, onaccount of its extreme beauty, it was called Solo-mons Porch; and now, even injured as it is, thewhole forms a rich and beautiful fa(iade. The south transept underwent considerable re-pairs at the beginning of the present century, andthe great rose window on that side was rebuilt inthe year 1814, 414 OLD AND NEW LONDON. [Westminster Abbey. All the chapels that project on the north-east pointed windows on each side, and the angles areand south-east are, in their designs, like the body finished octagonally. of the church; but the chapel of Henry VIL, for Entering by the great western door, the mind ofits eleo-ant outline and lavish ornamentation, is, the visitor is at once filled with awe and astonish-perhaps, the chief point of attraction to most ment at the sublimity of the scene presented to thevisitors on a first inspection. i eye. The nave and choir are separated from the. poets corner, WESTMINSTER ABBEY. The front of the south transept is far less ele-gant than that of the north, but this is rendered oflittle consequence by the confined nature of itssituation, the library, chapter-house, and cloistersbeing so immediately contiguous as to exclude allthe lower part from public view. All the exteriorwalls are embattled, and the roof is covered withlead. The central tower, or rather lantern, has adwarfish and urifinished aspect; it has two narrow, side-aisles by lofty cloistered columns, supportingpointed arches, above which are the triforium andthe clerestory windows, some of which are filledwith stained glass, and from the piers betweenthem spring the intersecting arches of the vaultedceiling. The pillars terminate towu rds the east bya sweep, thereby enclosing the chapel of Edwardthe Confessor in a kind of semicircle, and exclud-ing all the rest. The long side-aisles are coax
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