By J. A. Reeve. : 189 
The two existing windows in the entrance-hall were executed by 
him; before his time this apartment had been lighted by four 
square-headed windows in the north wall immediately underneath 
and probably very similar to the side windows of the chapel above ; 
these he stopped up, filling the greater part of the space occupied 
by two of them with a very badly-designed pseudo-Gothie doorway, 
which is entirely out of harmony with everything else in the whole 
palace; and in connection with this it is certainly worth while to 
point out that the statement of the Rev. Peter Hall, in his “ Me- 
morials of Salisbury,” alluded to in Bishop Wordsworth’s foregoing 
lecture, to the effect that the windows of this wing as well as the 
porch were inserted under Bishop Barrington “ according to a 
fantastic design of Sir Robert Taylor,” would seem to have been 
based upon some misconception, perhaps: it may be said to be too 
inclusive, for it is a practical impossibility that the same man can 
have designed the side windows of the chapel and this porch; at 
whatever date the windows were put in they were certainly designed 
by 4 man who thoroughly understood fifteenth century Gothic, 
whereas the porch bears evidence of having been erected by a man 
who knew very little about architecture of any sort and nothing at 
all about Gothic architecture, except that the pointed arch was one 
of its characteristics ; probably, therefore, the Rev. Peter Hall ought 
to have made his statement apply only to the east and west windows 
of the entrance hall and the porch; these windows having been 
copied directly from those in Bishop Beauchamp’s tower, have 
escaped being architectural blots like the porch, but they might 
none the less have been spoken of in the year 1834 as “ fantastic,” 
because even then the beauties of Gothic architecture were only 
beginning to be appreciated by a few students of Christian art. 
The only remaining feature in the palace which has to be men- 
tioned is the bell turret at the south-west angle of the chapel which 
was erected by Bishop Hamilton. The restoration of the undercroft 
beneath Bishop Poore’s “aula,” which has lately been carried out 
by Bishop Wordsworth, has already been described. 
