The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 20, No. 569, October 6, 1832 by Various
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structure is singularly curious, and deserving the attention of the
antiquary, as it appears to throw a light on the progress, if not on the origin, of the pointed or English style. Our Correspondent states the whole to have been repaired about twenty-two years since, at a very considerable expense. [3] Milner's Winchester, vol. ii. p. 141. [4] Life of Wykeham. By Allan Cunningham--in the _Family Library_. The reference to the "_four_ masters" is evidently an error. [5] Beauties of England and Wales, vol. vi. p. 108, Hants. Mr. Cunningham states these additions to have been made by Wykeham. We shall presently come to the details of Beaufort's additions to the building. [6] A zealous Correspondent, _P.Q._, whose contribution appears in the next page, describes this gateway as resembling St. John's Gate, Clerkenwell, which Mr. Malcom thinks "one of the most perfect remains of monastic buildings in London." It consists of one capacious arch, with an arched mullioned window in the centre above it; and is flanked by two square towers. From this place issued the early numbers of the _Gentleman's Magazine;_ and a wood-cut of the building appears to this day on the wrapper of that valuable work, which, for knowledge and utility, is as superior to the Magazine frippery of the present day as Michael Angelo to John Nash. [7] Milner's Winchester, vol. ii. p. 146. |
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