The history of Hampton Court Palace in Tudor times . 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-. The Fountain Court. mounted by crowns. These and other decorative carvings,as we shall see shortly, were executed a year or two laterthan the time of which we
The history of Hampton Court Palace in Tudor times . 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-. The Fountain Court. mounted by crowns. These and other decorative carvings,as we shall see shortly, were executed a year or two laterthan the time of which we are just now treating, and appearto have been from the hand of a sculptor of the name ofCaius Gabriel Gibber, father of the celebrated actor. Thus far as regards the East and South Fronts of thenew Palace. But, in the meanwhile, the inward side of Wrens Quad-rangle was also being completed, and here, though the 46 History of Hampton Court Palace. [1691 general design of the elevation is much the same as thatof the two great fa9ades, it varies in having, on the groundfloor, an open arcade of semicircular arches, supported onrectangular pillars or piers of stone-work. The arches—from the inner sides of which branch brick-work groinings,forming the roof of the cloister and supporting the floor ofthe State Rooms above—are twelve in number on the north
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