The history of Hampton Court Palace in Tudor times . to be rectangular,according to the rules of pseudo-classic architecture, thedirection of the South Front was at once determined. Itslength is 315 feet, and the width of the range 68 feet. Thuswe have two of the sides of the new quadrangle: whichwas completed, on the north by a range 42 feet wide, builtparallel to the Chapel, and on the west by a low connectinggallery or screen, 14 feet in width, not extending in heightabove the first floor, and erected only a few feet distantfrom the old western side of Henry Cloister GreenCourt. The
The history of Hampton Court Palace in Tudor times . to be rectangular,according to the rules of pseudo-classic architecture, thedirection of the South Front was at once determined. Itslength is 315 feet, and the width of the range 68 feet. Thuswe have two of the sides of the new quadrangle: whichwas completed, on the north by a range 42 feet wide, builtparallel to the Chapel, and on the west by a low connectinggallery or screen, 14 feet in width, not extending in heightabove the first floor, and erected only a few feet distantfrom the old western side of Henry Cloister GreenCourt. The internal dimensions of this quadrangle—now knownas the Fountain Court—do not, it is strange to say, forma perfectly rectangular space, for though the north andsouth sides are each 116 feet 10 inches long, the east andwest sides differ in length to the extent of 13 inches, theeast side being 11 o feet i inch, while the west is only109 feet long. How this arose, there is nothing toshow. The relative position of the lines of the old and the newt c. 1689] The New Quadrangle and Garden. 19 buildings is shown on the accompanying plan, founded onone prepared by Sir Christopher Wren. Such was the ground-plan of the edifice which Evelynsaw rising on the site of the recently demolished Tudorcourt; and from the configuration of the walls, so far as thencompleted, he can have seen that though the projectedbuilding might be grand, massive, and spacious, it would bewanting in most of the elements of originality or picturesque-ness. Of the architectural features of the elevation we shall havesome more words to say further on : we may remark here,however, that by carrying back the two ranges on the eastand south of the quadrangle, beyond the ends of the rangeson the north and west, an appearance is cleverly given toWilliam addition to Hampton Court whereby it looksvery much greater in size than it really is. By the spacious gardens with fountains beginning in thePark, Evelyn means th
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