The Palace Of Westminster A Descriptive And Historical Guide

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ISBN 13 : 9781528267533
Total Pages : 106 pages
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Download or read book Guide to the Palace of Westminster (Classic Reprint) written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Guide to the Palace of Westminster The Palace, the injury done by which was however restored by Richard II, in the style of architecture of his time. He it was who raised the walls of Westminster Hall, and altered it, and added the present roof, unequalled in the world for originality of conception, scientific construction and beauty of effect. In 1512 there was again a very destructive fire at the Palace of West minster, from which the Hall and St. Stephen's Chapel, with its crypt and Cloisters were nearly the only parts that escaped the ravages of this fire were never repaired. Some buildings were however added by Henry VIII., who is supposed to have erected the famous Star Chamber, so called, says Stowe, from the ceiling been decked with stars, gilt, although portions of this were evidently done at a later time, since a doorway and stairs leading to this once dreaded court existed after the last fire, with the date 1602 over the door. In forming the founds tions for the New Palace, many foundations and relics of the old buildings were discovered, of which accurate drawings have been made - all the work was composed of that excellent rubble masonrv for which our old buildings are so remarkable, so that the greatest labour was required for removing the remains, especially the old river wall extending the entire length of the building, but which was considerably less advanced into the river than that Of the new Palace. A plan of the old Palace is engraved in the Vol. 5, of the Vetusta Monumenta, measured in 1823. There is also an interesting one in Smith's History of Westmmster. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.