An attempt to discriminate the styles of architecture in England, from the conquest to the reformation : with a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders . two years. Manychurches were consecrated accoiding to this order, some of which hadbeen built long before, especially in the enormous diocese of these were Peterborough Cathedral, Ramsey Abbey church,Huntingdonshire ^, and Sawtrey Church, Lincolnshire. 1239. JSTetley Abbey, Hampshire, was begun this year by theexecutors of Peter de Roche, Bishop of Winchester, who had be- Godwins Catalogue of the Bishops, Britten, plates v


An attempt to discriminate the styles of architecture in England, from the conquest to the reformation : with a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders . two years. Manychurches were consecrated accoiding to this order, some of which hadbeen built long before, especially in the enormous diocese of these were Peterborough Cathedral, Ramsey Abbey church,Huntingdonshire ^, and Sawtrey Church, Lincolnshire. 1239. JSTetley Abbey, Hampshire, was begun this year by theexecutors of Peter de Roche, Bishop of Winchester, who had be- Godwins Catalogue of the Bishops, Britten, plates v. and ix. P- 208. I Regist. de Eamsey, ap. 3Ion. Ang., Item quarto nonarum Oct. de- vol. ii. p. 580; Matt. Paris, ed. 1684, dicata est Ecclesia de Burgo Sancti p. , etc. Chron. Petriburg. ; Bee HENRY 111. 171 queathed funds for this purpose y. These beautiful ruins are chieflyin the Early English style,—choir probably begun at this time. 1240. The new choir of the Temple Church, London, beingfinished, the whole was re-consecrated in the presence of the King andmany of the chief nobility ^ This part of the church consists of three. Mj iidiags from tlae Choir of ttie Temple Churcli, London, 1240. parallel aisles of equal height, with groined vaults and rib-mouldings,carried on pillars of Purbeck marble; the windows are triple was restored, including the painting of the vaults and the paintedglass, about 1850. 1240—1253. Lincoln Cathedral restored, (after the fall of thecentral tower in 1237) ; a part of the nave and of the great transept,with the vaults and the vaulting-shafts to carry them in the nave andtransept, and perhaps these al*i in S. Hughs choir, are of this date ^ 1242—1265. Finchale Priory, Durham. The new churchwas begun in 1242, and was probably finished about 1265 ^. Theruins are fine Early English, but quite plain work. 1242—1290. The chapel of the Nine Altars at the east end ofDurham Cathedral was built during t


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