An Architectural and Historical Account of Crosby Place, London; Compiled from Original and Unpublished Sources, with an Appendix of Illustrative Documents and Fac-Simile Autographs of Several of Its Ancient Possessors (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1834 Excerpt: ... On the north of the outer court stood, as before observed, the great Dining-parlour and the Throneroom, exhibiting in elevation, externally, two ranges of windows, one above the other, of corresponding general character to those of the hall, though more elaborate in detail. An oriel or embayed window was also a portion of the original design, differing from that of the hall in size, and, by being divided internally into two heights, forming a bay in each floor. The bases and head of the upper one are yet visible on the inside. In Wilkinson's restoration of the outer court, the oriel and the two ranges of windows are shown, incorrectly, however, inasmuch as that they are drawn far out of the real proportion; and he omits a small postern-door, which occupies the angle formed by the junction of the wall of the Dining-parlour with that of the Hall, as well as all notice of an old foundation, which, running parallel to the north range, at about 6 feet from it, direct to the centre face of the Hall oriel, now rises about 20 inches above the floor of the parlour, and 3 inches above the present level of the fore-court, which is 3 feet higher than that of the Hall. I can only account for the singular situation of this wall, by supposing it to have been the lower part of an open screen, extending between "I.ondina Illustrata." the oriels of the Hall and Withdrawing-room, inclosing and forming a cloistered porch before the postern in the angle. A close wall of any height would have interrupted the light to both the former and latter at this point: the mouldings of an open screen might have joined those of the centre mullion in the oriel lights, a large portion of which in the lower division has disappeared, while those of the upper remain. The postern itself is very...