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Title: Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales : descriptive, historical, pictorial
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Bonney, T. G. (Thomas George), 1833-1923 Bonney, T. G. (Thomas George), 1833-1923
Subjects: Cathedrals Cathedrals Church buildings Church buildings
Publisher: London : Cassell
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
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, three have closed their careers at Lambeth, three others have been bishops, two have obtained deaneries, and one of these refused a bishopric. Another rector there was, hardly less eminent, but of less unimpeachable orthodoxy: this was Dr. Samuel Clarke, scholar, theologian, and natural philosopher. In the vestry are portraits of the rectors, a series extremely interesting as a study of facial types, but, as a rule, not of high merit as works of art. Monumental tablets are thick upon the walls and piers. Among the noted personages buried within the church or in the churchyard, are sundry artists Huysman, Michael Dalil, the two Vanderveldes, and James Gillray. Charles Cotton, Mark Akenside, Dr. Arbuthnot, 312 ABBEYS AND CHURCHES. (St. Jamess, Piccadilly. and Ur. Sytlenham represent literature and science; John Malcolm, military diplomatists; Sir Tom d'Urfey, the court of Charles II. ; and among those distinguished for rank, we may mention the Duke of Queensbury, familiarly known as Old Q.
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8T. JAMES S, PICCADILLY. St. Stephens, WalLrook, is yet another of Wrens remarkable works, the design being in many respects unique. He has availed himself of a plan of construction which, though common among Eastern architects, lias found little favour with their Western brethren. The ground plan is a rectangle, the sides being roughly in the proportion of nine to seven. But the distinctive feature of the design ! St, Stephens, Walhuook..) A UNIQUE DESIGN. 313 is the relatively large dome which is placed near one end of the building; it rests on an octagonal base, supported by as many pillars. There is, however, no drum, for it rises directly from the roof. Internally, the effect is extremely good; a cruciform plan is just indicated by giving a barrel vault to the inter

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