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^ance, be seen to be immense, and almost incredible ; and 
genius employed botli in this structure and Henry’s 
'®nib, must be mentioned with admiration. 
The exterior of this chapel is remarkable for the richness 
nd variety of its form, occasioned chiefly by fourteen tow- 
Js, in an elegant proportion to the body of the edifice, and 
Projecting in different angles from the outermost wall. It 
as lately been repaired and renewed with exquisite taste, 
t'd at great cost. The inside is approached by the area be- 
ll'd the chapels of Edward the Confessor and Henry V. 
The floor is elevated above that of the area, and the as- 
ont is by a flight of marble steps. The entrance is orna- 
Opted with a beautiful Gothic portico of stone, within 
oich are three large gates of gilt brass, of most curious 
pen workmanship, every pannel being adorned with a rose 
''d a portcullis alternately. 
q, T^>e chapel consists of the nave and two small aisles. 
he centre is gg feet in length, 66 in breadth, and 54 in 
j.‘®‘ght, and terminates at the east in a curve, having five deep 
possess of the same form. The entrance to these re- 
’sses being by open arches, they add greatly to the relief 
"d beauty of the building. It is probable they were 
^ginally so many smaller chapels, destined to various uses, 
he side aisles are in a just proportion to the centre j with 
. jich they communicate by four arches, turned on Gothic 
bars. Each of them is relieved by four recesses, a window 
^h'ning the whole height of each rece.ss, and being most 
^ ‘nute and curious in its divisions. The upper part of the 
has its four windows on each side, and fen at the 
fi^bemity, five above and five below. Ihe entire 
tli > chapel, including the side ai.sles, and the curve at 
end, is of wrought stone, in the Gothic style, and of 
exquite beauty. 
to tomb, erected by Henry, at the cost of 10,000/. 
j^foceive his last remains, stands in the centre of the cha- 
aijj. is of basaltic stone, ornamented with gilt bra.ss, 
'P||. ‘s surrounded with a magnificent railing of the same, 
to,.'* dionument is by Pietro Torregiano, a Florentine sculp- 
igj.’ diid possesses uncommon merit. Six devices in bas- 
'®f> and four statues, all of gilt brass, adorn the tomb. 
(Ip ^ nnpossible to conceive Gothic beauty of a higher 
tlian the whole of the interior of Henry tlie Seventh’s 
