CHAPTER IX.

MOORE RENTAL--ISLE OF MAN--BERESFORD HOPE’S REMARKS--EXPRESSION IN ARCHITECTURE--REMARKS BY GODWIN--CONTRACT FOR BUILDING ST. MARY’S CHURCH, CHESTER--GENERAL PRINCIPLES--GREEK ARCHITECTURE--CONCLUSION.....301

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

WREXHAM TOWER _Frontispiece._

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PARRY’S ENTRY, CHESTER xiv

AT THE CROSS, CHESTER 1

THE ROWS, CHESTER _To face_ 4

CHESTER 5

SCENE IN A CHESTER ROW 8

COURT CONNECTING WATERGATE AND NORTHGATE ROWS 11

OLD LAMB ROW, CHESTER 13

ANCIENT FRONT, CHESTER 14

THE DARK ROW, CHESTER 16

STANLEY HOUSE, CHESTER 17

JULIUS CÆSAR’S TOWER, CHESTER 19

BRIDGE STREET, CHESTER 23

WHITEFRIARS, CHESTER 24

BIDSTON VILLAGE 26

CONGLETON INN 28

NANTWICH 29

GREEN MAN, ELLESMERE, OSWESTRY 32

WHITTINGTON VILLAGE 33

CHESTER: INTERIOR OF OLD ROOM 36

OSWESTRY _To face_ 37

SHREWSBURY 39

OLD HOUSES 40

SHREWSBURY 41

ON BATTLEFIELD ROAD, SHREWSBURY 42

HEAD QUARTERS OF HENRY VII. ON HIS ROAD TO BOSWORTH FIELD 45

ECCLESTON 47

LODGE TO MUCH WENLOCK ABBEY 50

MARKET PLACE, WENLOCK 51

WENLOCK 53

SHIFFNAL, SALOP 54

BRIDGENORTH: HOUSE WHERE BISHOP PERCY WAS BORN 62

BUTCHER’S ROW, HEREFORD 64

OUTHOUSE: NELL GWYNNE’S BIRTHPLACE, HEREFORD 66

MARKET PLACE, ROSS 68

GATE ON MONMOUTH BRIDGE 69

MARKET PLACE, MONMOUTH 70

FRIAR STREET, WORCESTER 72

WORCESTER 73

WORCESTER 74

CLOSE IN WORCESTER 76

NEW INN, GLOUCESTER 78

GLOUCESTER 81

TEWKESBURY _To face_ 83

BLACK BEAR, TEWKESBURY 84

TEWKESBURY _To face_ 86

OLD MARKET, PENZANCE 86

CRAMPTON, NEAR SHREWSBURY 90

GOLDSMITH STREET, EXETER 91

OLD HOUSES, EXETER CLOSE 93

GUILDHALL, EXETER 94

WELLS CATHEDRAL, FROM BISHOP’S GARDEN _To face_ 98

GLASTONBURY TRIBUNAL 101

SHERBORNE, DORSET _To face_ 104

PASSAGE IN EXETER CATHEDRAL CLOSE 105

CARDINAL BEAUFORT’S GATE AND ANCIENT BREWERY, WINCHESTER 106

WINCHESTER GATE 108

STREET IN CLOSE, WINCHESTER 110

GUILDFORD, SURREY 114

SALISBURY: CATHEDRAL CLOSE 115

SALISBURY OLD GATEWAY, HIGH STREET 116

SALISBURY _To face_ 116

OLD HOUSES, SALISBURY 117

SALISBURY, FROM BRIDGE 118

SALISBURY MARKET 119

CANTERBURY _To face_ 120

FALSTAFF HOTEL, CANTERBURY 122

ROCHESTER 126

OLD HOUSES, RYE 128

EAST GRINSTEAD 130

PINNER 132

STREET IN CANTERBURY 133

ANCIENT HOUSE NEAR ST. ALBANS 134

PICTURESQUE GABLE, HERTFORD 135

ST. ALBAN’S CLOCK TOWER 136

AYLESBURY, BUCKS 139

KING’S HEAD INN, AYLESBURY 140

GABLE IN OCKWELLS, BERKS 142

BANBURY: CROMWELL’S PARLIAMENT HOUSE 144

OLD GABLES, BANBURY 146

OLD HOUSES, OXFORD 147

MAGDALEN COLLEGE, OXFORD _To face_ 148

GROVE STREET, OXFORD 149

MERTON COLLEGE CHAPEL, OXFORD 151

ENTRANCE GATE, MAGDALEN COLLEGE 154

ORIEL COLLEGE, OXFORD 155

NORWICH PRECINCT GATE AND FERRY _To face_ 158

ABBOT’S BRIDGE, BURY ST. EDMUNDS 159

BRICK GABLE, GRAMMAR SCHOOL, HULL 166

ANCIENT BRICKWORK, LINCOLN’S INN 169

HOUSE WHERE WILBERFORCE WAS BORN 172

WINDOW IN OLD FARM-HOUSE NEAR SALISBURY 174

MARKET PLACE, PETERBOROUGH 175

ENTRANCE TO CLOSE, ELY 177

PLOUGH INN, ELY 180

ROAD LEADING TO ELY CLOSE 181

ANCIENT BRIDGE, HUNTINGDON 185

OLD GEORGE INN, HUNTINGDON 186

LEICESTER ABBEY _To face_ 187

LADY JANE GREY’S HOUSE, LEICESTER 188

GATEWAY AT NEWGATE STREET, LEICESTER 190

ELSTOW, BEDFORD 192

JEWS’ HOUSE, LINCOLN 198

ON THE WITHAM, NEAR STONE BOW 205

CHURCH STREET, GRANTHAM 209

GRANTHAM _To face_ 209

HOUSE WITH NORMAN DOOR, STAMFORD 210

GABLES, STAMFORD 211

GEORGE HOTEL, STAMFORD 212

MARKET PLACE, OAKHAM 215

WINDOW, GAINSBOROUGH 216

SARACEN’S HEAD, SOUTHWELL 217

CHIMNEY AT SOUTHWELL 222

SOUTHWELL, NOTTS 224

MARKET SQUARE, NEWARK 226

CHIMNEYS IN NEWARK 228

LORD LEICESTER’S HOSPITAL, WARWICK 231

PORCH WITH BOW-WINDOW UNDER, OUTSIDE WARWICK GATES 233

OBLIQUE GABLES IN WARWICK 234

COVENTRY GATEWAY 235

COVENTRY, WARWICK 236

STREET IN COVENTRY 238

BABLAKE’S HOSPITAL, COVENTRY 239

IRON GATE, DERBY 240

SAMSON SQUARE, YORK 255

STREET IN YORK 257

RICHMOND, YORKSHIRE 263

RIPON, YORKSHIRE 267

WAKEFIELD 269

EDWARD IV.’S CHAPEL, WAKEFIELD BRIDGE 271

OLD BUILDINGS LEADING TO PONTEFRACT, YORKSHIRE 273

DOORWAY IN COTTAGE, WITH ROYAL ARMS, PONTEFRACT 276

LAMP IN ENTRANCE TO CLOSE, DURHAM 278

ENTRANCE GATE TO BEVERLEY, YORKSHIRE 279

MARKET SQUARE, BEVERLEY, YORKSHIRE 280

HEXHAM 290

HEXHAM 291

BLACK GATE, NEWCASTLE 292

DURHAM, FROM AN OLD HOMESTEAD ON THE WEAR _To face_ 294

DURHAM, FROM WEAR BRIDGE 297

KEPIER HOSPITAL GATEWAY, DURHAM 298

ROAD THROUGH CATHEDRAL CLOSE, CARLISLE _To face_ 298

BUTTRESS, CARLISLE 299

OLD HOUSES, HEXHAM 300

CASTLE SQUARE, LANCASTER 301

LORD WINMALEIGH’S HOUSE IN WARRINGTON 309

OLD ROW IN MANCHESTER 310

OLD MARKET, WARRINGTON 311

HIGHAM FERRARS, NORTHANTS 316

STAIRCASE IN AUTHOR’S RESIDENCE, CHESTER 340