. The English house, how to judge its periods and styles. oftentook the place of tapestry, above all whena room was low and gave little space betweenthe wainscot and ceiling. Of this decorationthe room at Thame Park is a good example ;and the ceiling is in better taste than wascommon at a later date. Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire, is anotherfamous Tudor mansion. A part of it was rebuiltor much altered during Queen Annes reign,but the rest dates from the year 1520, whenSir William Compton got a licence fromHenry VHI. to enclose a park two thousandacres in extent, fortunate man, and to take int
. The English house, how to judge its periods and styles. oftentook the place of tapestry, above all whena room was low and gave little space betweenthe wainscot and ceiling. Of this decorationthe room at Thame Park is a good example ;and the ceiling is in better taste than wascommon at a later date. Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire, is anotherfamous Tudor mansion. A part of it was rebuiltor much altered during Queen Annes reign,but the rest dates from the year 1520, whenSir William Compton got a licence fromHenry VHI. to enclose a park two thousandacres in extent, fortunate man, and to take intocustody the castle of Fulbroke, from the ruins otwhich some materials were obtained for the newhouse. The buildings enclose an open quad-rangle, and there are windows on all sides,various and good. In most cases transoms arenot used, and bold muUions turn each apertureinto three or four lights, with a strong dripstoneframing the head closely in a horizontal manner,and carried for some distance along the lights have arched and trefoiled heads. ?<\
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