Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches
That first impressions have no small influence in moulding the opinions of most people can scarcely be denied; and therefore in our estimate of the architectural value of a church the door is an element of some importance. A shabby and undignified entrance raises no expectatio...
The deep porch which we so frequently see over the principal door of the church was formerly something more than an ornament, or even a protection; it was a recognized portion o...
5. Part 5The masonry of the exterior of the two walls erected when the Chapel was founded, consists of alternating bands of stone, squared bricks, and flint, so that it produces a "poly-...
4. Part 4Fire played its old part throughout the century in providing work for the ecclesiastical masons, in other instances besides that referred to in the Welsh diocese. The choir at C...
8. Part 8In several instances, however, it was found both more convenient and more effective to erect a special chamber, so placed and so elevated as to command a good view of the church...
10. Part 10Some seventeen years ago, shortly after taking charge of a parish in Norfolk, I was called upon to select a suitable spot for the burial of a poor man, who had been killed by an...
7. Part 7On the eve of the feast of Corpus Christi the choristers of Durham Cathedral ascend the tower, and, clad in their fluttering robes of white, sing the _Te Deum_. This custom is p...
11. Part 11In a lovely and secluded valley in Montgomeryshire is situated the interesting old church of Pennant Melangell, of whose foundation a charming legend is told. The romantic glen...
3. Part 3Of all the sins of the nineteenth century, the one which most militates against its attainment of excellence in art is its impatience. A work has been no sooner decided on, than...
6. Part 6There is a never-ending romance connected with the subject of spires. Every one possesses some story or legend. Spirits are supposed to inhabit their gloomy recesses, and are ev...
1. Part 1That first impressions have no small influence in moulding the opinions of most people can scarcely be denied; and therefore in our estimate of the architectural value of a chur...
9. Part 9To my mind a very much more practical and reasonable supposition would be that they were introduced, and used, for burial purposes. At a period when the body would not be brough...
12. Part 12Wakefield, 74 Walsingham, 80 Waltham Abbey, 80, 88 Warwick, 82 Watching-Chambers in Churches, 153-160 Weathercock rhyme, 109 Wells, 69, 72, 79 Welsh border, 55 West doors, 13, 1...