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octangular tower;—the Ladye chapel detached from choir,and a Galilee in a perfect state.
Exeter —The skreen before the west front, and towers ateither end of the transept. This cathedral was completedaccording to the original plan.
Lincoln —The arches in the west front, the work of Remi-gius; the Galilee and double transept.
Lichfield — The three stone spires.
Norwich —The roof of the nave, and the west end, with theErpingham gateway.
Peterborough —The triple arcade before the west front eighty-two feet high; the double towers with spires at the westernangles; tower at the southern extremity of the north-westtransept, and the Galilee.
Rochester —The choir longer than the nave.
Salisbury —The complete uniformity of style; the height ofthe central spire, and the double elliptic inverted archunder the tower, as at Wells.
Winchester —The longest nave.
York —The double aisles to the transept; the largest win-dow ; the square louvre, and the absence of cloisters.
Remarkable Parts.
Bath —The tower has four turrets, without pinnacles, and isoblong in plan, which is owing to the narrowness of thetransept; the aisles are very low, and there is no triforiumin the nave, but merely a plain string-course. There is analto-relievo of Jacob’s ladder at the west end.
Bristol —Has no external flying buttresses, the walls of thenave being supported by the roofs of the aisles, which areformed of complicated open arches ; the aisles and naveare of equal height, only forty-three feet.
Canterbury —The crypt, which is of greater extent, and morelofty than any other in England; the central tower and theapsidal form of the east end.
Chester —The unequal dimensions of the north and southtransepts, the latter being wider, and nearly as long asthe nave, with aisles on each side, while the former isunusually short, and of the same width as the centraltower; the aisles of the choir also extend beyond it east-ward, and form the aisles of the Ladye chapel.
Chichester —Has the earliest specimen of a vaulted roof; itsspire greatly resembles that of Salisbury.
Durham —Pillars of nave curiously striated; the Galileemeasures 50 feet by 78 feet.
Exeter —Possesses almost the only example of a group in
sculpture, which is in the triforia of the transept, ° nrepresents a concert of musical instruments.
Ely —The octangular lantern, which is 71 feet in dianie 1 ® ’and 142 feet from the ground, supplied the place of acentral tower which fell down a short time previous to £erection of the lantern. There exists one of the eai' 1 *specimens of the pointed arch in the tower and transep ^Gloucester —The eastern termination is apsidal; and ' ^cloisters, the most perfect and beautiful in England, uusually situate on the north side of the church. t j,
Lincoln —Old west front; the large and beautiful s ° l ^ fporch, and east fa 9 ade; the Galilee. The central to'had a spire higher than Salisbury', which was blown doa. d. 1547. This church is remarkable for its sculp 111 ^’and has a curious bas-relief of the Deluge over the ^door, and of the Last Judgment over the south porch-Lichfield —Is nearly uniform, and was completed thr°n»^out on the original plan. The east end is apsidal in P*‘.Norwich —The end of the choir is octangular, and the oters are very spacious. ^
Peterborough —The grand fagade and portico, remarkable^their fine proportions ; the Galilee and apsidal termini* ^also the west transept, which is placed immediately atwest end. gC j.
Rochester —The west fagade is one of the most perfect SPmens of Norman ; the choir is longer than the nave. ^Salisbury —Is the most uniform cathedral in England.
has a lofty and beautiful spire, only seven inches th lcK ' t0Wells —The west front is noted as bearing a resemhla 0the fagades of Continental cathedrals; it is filled j,statues ; the central tower is supported on an invertedas at Salisbury. . js
Winchester —Is remarkable for its fine nave; the cll °under the central tower. ^ 0 '
Worcester —The style and proportions of the nave aresidered beautiful. - t pe
York —The aisles surrounding the whole church are ^same dimensions throughout; the rose window, w n d;22 feet 6 inches in diameter, is the finest in Eng 1the choir is under the tower, as at Winchester. f r0 jtiThe subjoined Tables maybe found useful; the forffiei.the works of Dallaway, gives the dates of the princip* 1tions of the English Cathedrals; the latter, compile^ p 1 jtpally from Britton’s Antiquities, shows their dimension^ fil .ywill be noticed that Mr. Dallaway’s dates do not agree incase with those above given.
Cathedrals.
Choir.
Aisles.
Transept.
Bath .
1532
1500
1532 na.1570 ch.
1500
1532
1500
Bristol .
1332
1332
1311 S.140! N.
1463
Canterbury.
1420
1174
1174
1174 up.1379 hvr
1070 N. W.1400 S. W.1500 Cent.
Carlisle .
1150
1363
1150na.1363 eh.
1353
1400
Chester .
1485
1485
1320 N.
1508
Chichester.
1125
1217
1125na.1217 ch.
1217 N.1329 S.
1217 W.1282 Cent.
Durham.
1093
1233
1230
1230 W.1295 Cent.
Ely..
1174
1235
1133 N.
1174 \V.1328 Cent.
Exeter..
1307
1318
1307im.
131S oil.
1280
1128
Gloucester.
1089
1357
1089 na.1310ch.
1330 P.1375 N.
1457
Hereford.
1095
1115
1095
1095 up.1148 hvr
1210 W.
Cathedrals.
Lincoln .
Norwich.
Oxford .
Peterborough.
Rochester ....
Salisbury ....
Wells .
Winchester....
York .
Choir.
Aisles.
1295
1295
1295
1200
1200
1200
1171
1195
1171 na.1160 ch.
1120
1120
1120
1175
1160
1175 na.1160 ch.
1080
1227
1080 na.1227 ch.
1217
1230
1217 na.1230 ch.
1239
1239
1239
1394
1493
1394 na.1493 ch.
1218
1218
1218
1291
1301
1291 na.1361 ch.
Transept.
1295
1300 W.1306 E.1195
11221272 W.
1218 hvr1380 up.1227
1295 A - ., 480 CW> ■1254 Cf-1279 W-10UC
1222
1217
1450 • ,
1405 C*» fc1070
1372
1361 >
1420 C&*