By ALFRED RIMMER AND AN INTRODUCTION BY THE VERY REV. J. S. HOWSON, D.D. DEAN OF CHESTER Image unavailable WITH ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ILLUSTRATIONS FROM DRAWINGS BY THE AUTHOR ENGRAVED BY J. D. COOPER London MACMILLAN AND CO. 1877    ...

Image unavailable I T cannot with truth be said that monumental history is treated in our day with scanty regard. Never, perhaps, were such permanent and forcible memorials of the past as the Arch of Titus in Rome, the Pont du Gard in the south of France, and the Porta Nigra of Trèves, visited and gazed upon with warmer interest or a deeper sense of their value. We all feel the power that is exerted over us by the ruins of great Castles and great Abbeys. And in another way is this strong feeling

REMAINS OF STREET ARCHITECTURE IN ENGLAND—CHESTER: VARIOUS THEORIES OF THE ROWS—REMINISCENCES OF ANCIENT HOUSES IN CHESTER—WIRRAL—CONGLETON—NANTWICH—WHITTINGTON. T HERE are not many Abbeys or Cathedrals which have not been fairly delineated, and it is a pleasure to add that in this respect few Parish Churches have been neglected. Indeed, if these possess any interest, they are almost sure to secure a record of their form, and at least one antiquary to publish their history. Ancient mansions also

OSWESTRY—SHREWSBURY—BATTLE OF SHREWSBURY—WENLOCK—COUNTY TOWNS AS CENTRES OF EXCLUSIVE SOCIETY—ITALIAN ARCHITECTURE—BRIDGENORTH—HEREFORD—ROSS—MONMOUTH—WORCESTER—GLOUCESTER: NEW INN—CONDITION OF ROADS—TEWKESBURY—CORNWALL. O SWESTRY is an exceedingly interesting old town, and was at one time walled; portions of the wall still remain, and there are also a number of half-timbered and stone houses of very considerable antiquity. One example only is given here; it is an old stone house which has been u

EXETER—WELLS—GLASTONBURY, LEGEND OF KING ARTHUR INTERRED HERE—DORSET—SHERBORNE—WEYMOUTH. T HE houses at the corner of Goldsmith Street, in Exeter, are about to be pulled down, and are introduced here more for their curiosity than their beauty; a chapel is quaintly mixed up with them, and there is a sort of promenade on the top of the chemist’s shop. Exeter has declined from its ancient trade of woollen manufacture, and glovemaking and agricultural implements form the chief industry of the inhabi

CARDINAL BEAUFORT’S TOWER—ST. CROSS—WINCHESTER—SURREY—SALISBURY—CANTERBURY—ROCHESTER—RYE—EAST GRINSTEAD—MIDDLESEX. C ARDINAL BEAUFORT’S Tower was built in the early part of the fifteenth century, when he revived the foundation of St. Cross. To the left of the illustration is the brewery, formerly called the Hundred Men’s Hall, because a hundred of the poorest inhabitants of Winchester were daily entertained to dinner here, and, as that repast was provided on a very bountiful scale, the guests we

HERTFORD—ST. ALBANS—ELIZABETHAN ARCHITECTURE AND JOHN THORPE—MARLOW—STONY STRATFORD—COLCHESTER—BANBURY—TETSWORTH—OXFORD—NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK—NORWICH PRELATES—BRICK ARCHITECTURE. H ERTFORD county contains many noble mansions of historical note, though but few street scenes or homesteads that would quite fall within the scope of the present work. On the road between Abbots Langley and St. Albans is a pleasantly situated house that says “old homestead” on the very face of it. Formerly it was a large

THE FEN COUNTIES, AND THEIR PICTURESQUENESS—ELY—CAMBRIDGE—HUNTINGDON—MARKET BOSWORTH—BEDFORD—ADVANTAGES OF WATER POWER—LINCOLN—GAINSBOROUGH—GRANTHAM—STAMFORD—ANGEL INN, GRANTHAM. T HE Fen countries in Bedford, Cambridge, Lincoln, and Northampton, have a certain amount of picturesque beauty of their own that is well suited for an artist, and out of which an architect, with a proper feeling for his subject, may make anything. There is a peculiar interest in the thought that all has been reclaimed

NOTTINGHAM—ROBIN HOOD—SOUTHWELL—NEWARK—NOTTINGHAM—WARWICKSHIRE—DUGDALE—COVENTRY—DERBY—STRATFORD—ROMAN ROADS—YORK—RIPON—WAKEFIELD—PONTREFRACT. N OTTINGHAM is well supplied with all materials necessary for building. The best of stone, lime, and wood are found here, and its early dwelling-places have in consequence been substantial and numerous. Mansfield, at the western extremity of Sherwood Forest, is a fine old country town, and still bears many traces of its ancient importance, though it has be

BEVERLEY—STONE CROSSES—NORTHUMBERLAND—ALNWICK—HEXHAM—NEWCASTLE—DURHAM—KEPIER HOSPITAL—CARLISLE. T HE entrance gate to Beverley is a rather fine specimen of brick architecture, with mouldings and niches all in the same material. It fully carries out the principles of brickwork that have been the subject of a former chapter, and is a delightful entrance to a country town of first-class importance. The houses of Beverley are good, and it is resorted to by many retired merchants and tradesmen who wi

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. T HERE are some curious memoranda in a work called the “Moore Rental,” that will throw much light upon the way in which streets were built, and the license allowed to tenants. Sir Edward Moore owned a large property on the north side of Liverpool, and this was sold to the Earl of Derby for the small sum o