The church of St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield : its foundation, present condition, and funeral monuments.

  • Sir Norman Moore, 1st Baronet
Date:
[1894]
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The church of St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield : its foundation, present condition, and funeral monuments. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    middle as far as the altar steps, then turning to the north at Rah ore’s tomb and walking round the ambulatory and aisle. - East of the organ screen, the church consists of the arches of the central tower, succeeded by five bays, and terminated by an apse of five arches, with an aisle extending all round from the north transept to the west door. These parts are perfect. In addition, more or less ruinous fragments remain of the Lady Chapel east of the ambulatory, of both transepts, 6f chapels in the north and south aisle and adjoin- ing, but outside the church; and of one side of the cloister. The internal length of the church is a little more than 130 feet, its breadth 57 feet. ]<> - ••••• . ; ' The arches and piers and the whole tri- forium are of the best period of the Norman style. The piers are circular, with short, solid, cushioned capitals. The arches of the triforium have zigzag and billet mouldings, and each includes four small arches ou long pillars with a broad tympanum above them. The height of the tower arches demonstrates that the original clerestory was of the present elevation, while the absence of vaulting shafts on the walls shows that the roof was a wooden one, probably with a painted wooden ceiling, such