THORPE HALL, PETERBOROUGH 



FIG. 48. Thorpe Hall. Panelling in Dining- Room. 



a little liveliness is imparted by the introduction of pediments 

 over some of the windows. The whole effect is refined and 

 severe, widely different from the picturesque variety of Elizabethan 

 work. The open porches are probably the first examples of 

 their kind to be found in England. The bay-windows, it must 

 be confessed, are poor and meagre ; they would not be out of 

 place in a suburban villa ; they are a disappointing substitute 

 for the noble bays of earlier times. They appear to be original, 

 but they may derive some of their character from the restoration 

 which the house underwent in the middle of last century. The 

 chimneys are well designed, massive features, of the somewhat 



