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FlG. 62. The Chapel, Burford Priory, Oxfordshire. 



roofs behind the gables are quite steep and are so complicated 

 that some difficulty was found in getting rid of the rain water. 

 Part of it is taken in a trough in the thickness of the attic floor ; 

 and in order to lessen the number of down-pipes, much of it is 

 collected into lead troughs which are carried along the inside 

 of the attic walls to the few pipes which are provided. The 

 result of these arrangements is that every heavy storm or fall of 

 snow entails an inspection by the plumber in order to prevent 

 the accumulation of debris and the risk of spoiled ceilings and 

 walls. The whole of the cornices and pediments are worked in 

 cement, and not, as might be supposed, in stone. 



If this house is compared with Webb's drawing of a proposed 

 new wing at Somerset House (Fig. 61), made in the same year, 

 1638, the difference becomes strikingly apparent between the 



