The crypt upon which this building is erected, is raised on the foundation of the great refectory 'belonging to the ancient establishment, and is to serve the purpose of a museum. It is lighted from the exterior by small lancets, and is divided internally by ten pillars into three aisles of equal width ; the ceiling is groined, and the floor paved with red tiles.
The roof of this building, as also that of the last, is tiled and crested with ridge tiles ; the materials of the walling, however, vary, the library being built of uncoursed rag, with dressings of' Caen, while that of the northern range is of flint.
Descending from the terrace, the most important building of the western range is the chapel, but it will be well to leave this for the present, and starting from the southern extremity of the library, follow out the lucid description atIbrded to us in the "Going from this point in a south-west direction, we come to a range of buildings containing the apartments for the fellows, each of whom will have two rooms and a gyp room, and the warden's lodge, a spacious and commodious tinnily residence. These are of flint, in good middle-pointed, and in many respects show great ability. Still we confess we think them the least admirable parts of the design. Northward of these, and projecting considerably from their level eastward into the court, is the chapel to which we shall recur after speaking of the refectory and kitchen, which range northward of the chapel between it and the ancient gateway at the north-west corner of the quadrangle. The refectory is a fine room, with a roof the humbleness of which is redeemed by its being mainly oriel, (the shell of the walls being ancient) but with a dais and tables, and a cleverly contrived range of closets at its south extremity. Northwards it communicates with a common room, and a beautiful room, intended, we believe, for a muniment-room, or, for the pre sent, a lecture-room, occupying the upper story of the ancient gateway. Below the refectory is the kitchen, with a fine chimney projecting eastwards into the quadrangle, while offices and a porter's lodge extend under the common room to the entrance gate. A steep and narrow flight of stairs between the chapel and refectory, the kitchen door being at their feet, reaches a small landing. from the right or north of which you cuter the hall, while immediately opposite, on the left hand, is the entrance to the chapel.
The chapel is entered at the north-west, through a small ante-chapel lighted by the restored western triplet of the ancient fabric, and parted front the body of the chapel by a bold arch, sustaining a double bellcote externally, and filled with a proper screen. Within the screen extends the solemn length of the chapel, the small dimensions being quite for gotten in the beauty of the proportions : returned stalls, with miserere seats and back panelling of unexceptional style and taste, with subselhe to match, mark the choir. Eastwards
the sanctuary, though small, is beautifully treated and suffi ciently dignified. The measurements are as follows : length, 60 feet ; width, 18 feet; height from floor to wall-plate, 14 feet 6 inches ; from floor to ridge, :10 feet 6 inches. The lighting of the chapel is peculiarly effective : a five light middle-pointed east window, and two adjacent couplets north and south of the sanctuary, concentrate the light on the altar. The side-walls are unpierced, and the choir is consequently religiously sombre, the windows of the ante-chapel, however, sufficiently removing it from gloom. There is no colour on the walls or roof; in fact, none but the stained glass with which all the windows are filled. The whole ell'ect is one of real, unpretending, earnest efli?etiveness, and austere and unworldly beauty. The stained glass chosen throughout, with a depth of meaning, itself a homily, betrays a world of thought in its distribution.
" Mr. Butterfield is peculiarly successful, we think, in his treatment of encaustic tiles. Those used in the chapel appeared to us most judiciously chosen and arranged. The footpace of the altar in particular was a beautiful mosaic of bright colours and intricate design.
"The ante-chapel is furnished with a few open seats intended for the use of the tinnily of the warden and of the servants of the college. The choir is thus appropriated exclusively to the use of the foundation and the students.
" We rejoice to add, that there are no fixed altar-rails, though there is movable railing for the use of the communi cants. A litany-stool occupies the middle of the choir. The lessons will be read from letterns fixed one on each side. in the upper ranges of stalls. A rather large hole, furnished with a shutter, near the wall-plate on the north side, for ventilation, deserves notice for the boldness and simplicity of the idea.
" We should mention that the chapel is raised on a crypt vaulted and designed to serve as a sacristy. The bells are rung from a western bay, open and vaulted, occupying the space under the ante-chapel, the ropes passing through the floor by the screen, and so reaching the bells in the bellcote before noticed, which is by the way one of the less successful parts of the design.
" It is with unfeigned pleasure we again congratulate Mr. Butterfield on his success in this most interesting work, which will, we really think, ensure him enduring and most deserved fame amongst English church-architects."