Papers read at the Royal Institute of British Architects (1853)
Royal Institute of British Architects · London, Royal Institute of British Architects · leaf 346
very beautiful it is. I believe it was seriously injured by fire a few years since, but it has been well restored. It is impossible to look for carving equal in spirit to the old at the hands of modern workmen, and this restored work is no exception, if it be compared with the admirably vigorous… … onall chapel in the grounds of the Abbey is far more worthy of examination in this respect. The grand effect produced by the array of towers is far beyond what their scale* would appear to warrant, and in this high quality of being able to make the utmost of the means employed. This Rhenish…
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