Winkles's architectural and picturesque illustrations of the cathedral churches of England and Wales . and south sides of thechoir; and the altar stands within a portico, supported by two rowsof columns, four in each row. It is now near a hundred years agosince so much of the Cathedral was abandoned to desolation, andwhat remains metamorphised into a would-be Grecian temple. Inthese days, when the beauty and sublimity of the pointed style areso well understood, and so justly appreciated, and its appropriate-ness to places of Christian worship so universally acknowledged, therebuilding, in such
Winkles's architectural and picturesque illustrations of the cathedral churches of England and Wales . and south sides of thechoir; and the altar stands within a portico, supported by two rowsof columns, four in each row. It is now near a hundred years agosince so much of the Cathedral was abandoned to desolation, andwhat remains metamorphised into a would-be Grecian temple. Inthese days, when the beauty and sublimity of the pointed style areso well understood, and so justly appreciated, and its appropriate-ness to places of Christian worship so universally acknowledged, therebuilding, in such a style of architecture, this portion of theCathedral, is quite astonishing. If funds could not be raised tokeep the whole Cathedral in repair, if some portion of it must beleft to moulder away, that which was still preserved for the per-formance of Divine service might have been repaired and restoredto its original appearance for less money than was expended uponraising this modern town hall (for such is its appearance), upon thewalls and amid the ruins of an edifice in the pointed style, and a. L L A N 0 A F1 C A T H E D I I I beautiful example of the be I age of thai I rould h been the practi e in these days; bul thi e perhapi the da) for architecture that thi countn ed, ince it could boast of any architecture al all. The Lady Chapel stillmost of its original features; it is lighl and well-proportioned, thegroining Bimple and good, and the only thing to be regretted ii tIn*modern round-headed window, before described, which greatlyinjures the effect. The chapter-house is a square room, entered from the southaisle of the choir, against which it is built; the other tbrahave each of them two windows, of one lighl each, and trefoilheaded, the groining is very good, and springs from a cylindricalcolumn in the centre. There is no crypt, no cloister, no monuments, ancient ormodern, of sufficient merit or interest to be particularly described ;the most ancient ones are those of bis
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