By J. A. Reeve. 



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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-Gothic 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 <e 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 a 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. 



