108 THE BLENDING OF JACOBEAN AND CLASSIC 



FlG. 64. Oriel at Brasenose College, Oxford. 



classic detail has modified the Gothic treatment. The detail 

 itself is quite refined, it is not the work of an ignorant man ; 

 the ornament is judiciously introduced, and applied with 

 knowledge and skill. The oriel window on the external front 

 (Fig. 64) adjoining the east end of the chapel is a charming 

 piece of design, and the work generally is so well done that it 

 has been attributed to Sir Christopher Wren ; but although the 

 attribution is erroneous it shows that popular opinion held the 



