SOME LATER JACOBEAN HOUSES 



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When it is re- 

 membered that in 

 1640 John Webb was 

 drawing none but 

 classic buildings, and 

 thatbyi6/9St Paul's 

 Cathedral was 

 already rising above 

 the ground, and 

 that it was designed 

 on fully developed 

 classic lines, the 

 significance of the 

 mixed taste in this 

 building at Magda- 

 lene College will be 

 the more readily 

 appreciated. But it 

 must be borne in 

 mind that Webb 

 and Sir Christopher 

 Wren were members 

 of a learned confra- 

 ternity, while the 

 unknown designer 

 at Magdalene had 

 evidently not had 



the same opportunities as they enjoyed for acquiring familiarity 

 with classic detail. 



Stanway House, in Gloucestershire, belongs in its general 

 treatment to the Jacobean period, but there are numerous late 

 touches about it ; among them are the front door and the window 

 above* it (Fig. 58). The latter appears to be a later insertion, but 

 the doorway is probably original, as it agrees in its general 

 character with the arch of the fine gate-house, which is con- 

 temporary with the mullioned windows by which it is encom- 

 passed. It was quite a usual custom to adhere to the old ways 

 in the general design of a house, but to treat some special feature, 

 such as a doorway, in the more modern and correct fashion. 

 This is easily intelligible when it is remembered that the books 



FlG. 58. Doorway at Stanway, 

 Gloucestershire. 



