Winkles's architectural and picturesque illustrations of the cathedral churches of England and Wales . s ruins—in the place of thetower, on the south side, a mass of ivy is seen which spreads itselfover, and conceals under its dark foliage, nearly one-half of thewest end of the nave, wrhich is divided into three stories. Thelowest contains the door of entrance, which being round-headed,and composed of Norman mouldings and shafts, is probably thework of Bishop Urban, together with the wall on each side ofit. The next story is very elegant, containing three lancet-headedwindows of one light each
Winkles's architectural and picturesque illustrations of the cathedral churches of England and Wales . s ruins—in the place of thetower, on the south side, a mass of ivy is seen which spreads itselfover, and conceals under its dark foliage, nearly one-half of thewest end of the nave, wrhich is divided into three stories. Thelowest contains the door of entrance, which being round-headed,and composed of Norman mouldings and shafts, is probably thework of Bishop Urban, together with the wall on each side ofit. The next story is very elegant, containing three lancet-headedwindows of one light each, the centre one higher than the others;and between them is a long small lancet-headed panel with slendershafts. The third story contains one lancet-headed window of onelight, not so lofty as those beneath, and on each side of it arefour trefoiled headed panels, which gradually increase in heighttowards the window, following the inclination of the gable—abovethis window in the gable point is a small trefoiled headed arch, andon the point itself is set a plain cross. There is no parapet, but in.
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