Winkles's architectural and picturesque illustrations of the cathedral churches of England and Wales . th a finial. The upper story is divided from the lowerby a graceful band of quatrefoil tracery or panelling. In this storythe belfry windows are double the breadth of those below, of thesame simple design, and with the like straight canopies and each side of these windows,—two in number on each of the fourfaces of the tower, are statues under straight canopies. The wholeis surmounted by a pierced parapet; and at the four corners areoctangular turrets engaged, rising far above the p
Winkles's architectural and picturesque illustrations of the cathedral churches of England and Wales . th a finial. The upper story is divided from the lowerby a graceful band of quatrefoil tracery or panelling. In this storythe belfry windows are double the breadth of those below, of thesame simple design, and with the like straight canopies and each side of these windows,—two in number on each of the fourfaces of the tower, are statues under straight canopies. The wholeis surmounted by a pierced parapet; and at the four corners areoctangular turrets engaged, rising far above the parapet, and ter-minated by crocketted spires. INTERIOR. Entering this Cathedral by the north porch, the first thingwhich attracts notice is the new and well-laid pavement, the clean,neat, and cheerful look of the whole church. Passing from thenorth aisle into the nave, its proportions are admirable. There isno want of elevation within; the piers, with their clustered shaftsand richly carved and leafy capitals, from which spring the manyand varied surfaces and mouldings of the pointed arches; the. Drawn by B Baud. for Winkless Cathedrals J byBWinHes. J KX CHOIR WORCESTER ( L< iplo, elegant) and ligh! triforium; t!t»»i \, and iaceful vaulting aud gi oining ol tl to make this portion of the Cathedral extremel) plei I last compartments westward idently of much than the rest f the nave, though the) have been In severalculars altered, since their erection, to accord with it Thearches, for instance, of two compartm are pointed, !>utnot so lft\ nor bo Bharp as the others. The triforium i doubt original, as is also the clere tory, in both which round- headed arches,.with zigzag mouldings. The lo ring course of this part of the triforium is considerably below thai of all the r<but the upper eery nearly coincides with it. The more modernpart of the triforium has two pointed openings in each compartmof it, each of which is subdivided into two others by a Bhafl downthe m
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