. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . died in 1748, aged eighty-eight, sorrowing to the last for the fallen in his pathetic sonnet mistakes the meaning of the inscription. The chapter-house has been compared to those of Bristol and Rochester.*It is decagonal, Avitli a central pillar, from which the vaulted roof springs. TheNorman arcading is transitional, like the western bays of the nave (see p. 110).The rebuilding of the upper walls in the fifteenth century was, it would seem, nocaprice of fashion, but necessitated l)
. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . died in 1748, aged eighty-eight, sorrowing to the last for the fallen in his pathetic sonnet mistakes the meaning of the inscription. The chapter-house has been compared to those of Bristol and Rochester.*It is decagonal, Avitli a central pillar, from which the vaulted roof springs. TheNorman arcading is transitional, like the western bays of the nave (see p. 110).The rebuilding of the upper walls in the fifteenth century was, it would seem, nocaprice of fashion, but necessitated l)y the pressure of the roof. The chapter-house is frequently used, by the permission of the dean and chapter, for com-mittees, &c., of a religi(His and charitable kind. But it is not well adapted foracoustic purposes. The monks are said to have ranged themselves in the nichesalong the walls, and so to have facilitated hearing. Owing to tlie friable sandstone and to rough usage in days past, there arebut scanty remains of other conventual buildings. These, in plan, resembled * rillXCE AllTHUlls CHANTRY (p. HI). Worcester.] THE DEANERY. 115 those of Diirliam, a rivor licrc, as tlicre, flowino: below. Tlic ruins of tlieGuesteii Hall, south-east of the cathedral, close to the site of the })riors house,are ver} picturescjue. It was rebuilt by Prior Braiisford, afterwards bishop here, inthe fourteenth century. The windows are beautiful specimens of the Decoratedstyle. It was in frec^uent use for the pilgrims to the shrines of (Jswald andWulfstan. lieing too dilapidated to be restored (it had already been re-fashionedfor the deanery), the roof of it was given to Holy Trinity Church, ShrubHill, when the cathedral was last restored. The Edgar Tower, east of the cathedral, was the main entrance into themonastic precincts. Perhai)s the gateway of the castle was here, while Urso,after the Conquest, encroached on the monaster}^ even up to the southern wallsof the cathedral. The name
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