An Itinerary of the English Cathedrals for the Use of Travellers
The book An Itinerary of the English Cathedrals for the Use of Travellers was written by author Gilchrist, James Grant, 1842-1906, Comp Here you can read free online of An Itinerary of the English Cathedrals for the Use of Travellers book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is An Itinerary of the English Cathedrals for the Use of Travellers a good or bad book?
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His suc- cessors completed the nave, and in the latter half of the twelfth century pulled down the apsidal ending of St. Hugh's choir and extended the presbytery five bays to the east; this extension is the famous " angel choir." Photo. ''^' Pkotochrom Co, Ltd. LINCOLN, FROM THE SOUTH-WEST. On climbing from the railway station up the steep hill to the cathedral church, the visitor will find what is called the Ex- chequer Gate fronting him. Entering the precincts through this gateway, he will fi...nd the western fagade immediately before him. This fagade is open to much criticism ; it is a screen behind which rise the western towers ; hence their bases are not visible, and they lose in height in consequence ; the central gable, however, has the merit of being the actual termination of the nave roof. The church has chapels at the west end 36 THE ENGLISH CATHEDRALS behind the screen and outside the tower, forming a kind of transept ; there is the usual transept between the nave and choir, with a GaHlee porch on the west side of the southern arm, and in addition to this an eastern transept projecting from the choir, with apsidal chapels on the eastern side.
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