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this cloister open twenty apartments for the students, of whichabove thirty more open into a corridor in the upper story.Tiie arrangement of these apartments is the same throughout:they measure 15 feet by 8 feet 6 inches, and are divided by apartition into two rooms. The furniture of the rooms con-sists of an iron bedstead, a fixed and compact washhand-stand,a fixed table, having on one side drawers for clothes, and onthe other a drawer for writing materials, and above the tableshelves for books fixed against the wall; an elbow-chair andtwo others complete the furniture. The rooms are well ven-tilated, and heated by hot water, one of the few arrangementswhich we have to find fault with.

Level with these buildings, but at right angles to them, onthe eastern side of the area, and detached, stands the library,perhaps the most dignified building of the whole group,liaised upon a crypt, the proportions of which are old, andthe details copied and of great simplicity, is a vast apartment78 feet long by 39 feet broad, with massy buttressed walls,and large traceried and transomed windows, surmounted bya magnificent open roof of oak, the ridge of which is 63 feethigh from the level of the terrace. A noble flight of fifteensteps, approached by an ample arch, and contained within aporch roofed at right angles to the main pile, and lighted byfour windows, affords a means of entrance at the southernextremity. This library is well lighted by thirteen large win-dows, six on each side, and one at the north end; they areeach of four lights, being divided vertically by a mullion, andhorizontally by a transom, and have trefoiled heads. Thedisposition of the windows naturally divides the interior intosix compartments.

The crypt upon which this building is erected, is raised onthe foundation of the great refectory belonging to the ancientestablishment, and is to serve the purpose of a museum. Itis lighted from the exterior by small lancets, and is dividedinternally by ten pillars into three aisles of equal width; theceiling is groined, and the floor paved with red tiles.

The roof of this building, as also that of the last, is tiledand crested with ridge-tiles; the materials of the walling,however, vary, the library being built of uncoursed rag, withdressings of Caen , while that of the northern range is offlint.

Descending from the terrace, the most important buildingof the western range is the chapel, but it will be well to leavethis for the present, and starting from the southern extremityof the library, follow out the lucid description afforded to usin the Eccleswlogist :—

“ Going from this point in a south-west direction, we cometo a range of buildings containing the apartments for thefellows, each of whom will have two rooms and a gyp-room,and the* warden’s lodge, a spacious and commodious familyresidence. These are of flint, in good middle-pointed, and inmany respects show great ability. Still we confess we thinkthem the least admirable parts of the design. Northward ofthese, and projecting considerably from their level eastwardinto the court, is the chapel to which we shall recur afterspeaking of the refectory and kitchen, which range northwardof the chapel between it and the ancient gateway at thenorth-west corner of the quadrangle. The refectory is a fineroom, with a roof the humbleness of which is redeemed byits being mainly original—no oriel, (the shell of the wallsbeing ancient,) but with a dais and tables, and a cleverly-con-trived range of closets at its south extremity. Northwardsit communicates with a common room, and a beautiful room,intended, we believe, for a muniment-room, or, for the pre-sent, a lecture-room, occupying the upper story of the ancientgateway. Below the refectory is the kitchen, with a finechimney projecting eastwards into the quadrangle, while

offices and a porter’s lodge extend under the common ^to the entrance-gate. A steep and narrow flight ot > tbetween the chapel and refectory, the kitchen-door k eI |j i0 ftheir feet, reaches a small landing, from the right or nowhich you enter the hall, while immediately opposite, 0left hand, is the entrance to the chapel. g[na ]l

“ The chapel is entered at the north-west, through a ^ >eante-chapel lighted by the restored western tripl et ? [,y aancient fabric, and parted from the body of the chape* ^bold arch, sustaining a double bellcote externally, al,cl o j er£! iiwith a proper screen. Within the screen extends the slength of the chapel, the small dimensions beinggotten in the beauty of the proportions: returned stall >miserere seats and back panelling of unexceptional Sty rC |9taste, with subsoil* to match, mark the choir. , suffi'the sanctuary, though small, is beautifully treated an gtb,cientlydignified. The measurements are as follows: ^

60 feet; width, 18 feet; height from floor to wa r,yj,e14 feet 6 inches ; from floor to ridge, 30 feet 6 inches-lighting of the chapel is peculiarly effective: a “middle-pointed east window, and two adjacent coup® ^gr-and south of the sanctuarj', concentrate the light on t ixent*/The side-walls are unpierced, and the choir is 0011 , , v eve r ’religiously sombre, the windows of the ante-chapel, 11 , on

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sufficiently removing it from gloom. ^— gthe walls or roof; in fact, none but the stained g® o>which all the windows are filled. The whole effectreal, unpretending, earnest effectiveness,unworldly beauty.

a depth of meaning, itself a homily, betrayin its distribution.

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appeared to us most judiciously chosen and arrang e ; c <£footpace of the altar in particular was a beautifulbright colours and intricate design. „

“ The ante-chapel is furnished with a few °Pj 0 f tbintended for the use of the family of the warden 8B r0 pri® teservants of the college. The choir is thus a PPj eJ1 t5-exclusively to the use of the foundation and the stU j ta r- ri ' ■’“ We rejoice to add, that there are no fixedthough there is movable railing for the use of th® j r , -j,cants. A litany-stool occupies the middle of the ® g jde ^lessons will be read from letterns fixed one on eaC p u rni s '!f rthe upper ranges of stalls. A rather large hole, g . ( j 6) i 0 ^with a shutter, near the wall-plate on the n0 ' . mP lici t /ventilation, deserves notice for the boldness and si Vthe idea. _ n 8 cf ' {-e

“ We should mention that the chapel is raise® e be^ 3vaulted and designed to serve as a sacristy, f 'jjpyi 11 '’ [lierung from a western bay, open and vaulted, °° B , Jougk , 0 tespace under the ante-chapel, the ropes passing * bell^ifloor by the screen, and so reaching the bells i* 1 gU cc e3Sbefore noticed, which is by the way one of the l e

parts of the design.

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Mr. Butterfield on his success in this most i nt ® r a pd 111which will, we really think, ensure him enduring, j

deserved fame amongst English cliurch-architec " , g a tt aC a,

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