So far with respect to the outside of the church. Within, on the north side of the cross, arc beautiful pil lars, and the sculpture as fresh as if it had been newly cut. On the west side is a statue of St Peter with a book open, his right hand on it, and two keys hanging on the left. On the south side of this statue, is that of St Paul with a sword. In the middle of the cross stood the steeple, a piece of noble architecture, a quarter of it yet standing, hut the spire gone. The roof of the south side of tne cross is still standing, where is a beautiful stair case, much admired by strangers, the roof of it winding like a snail cap. There was within the church a vast number of fonts curiously carved, and where were altars dedicated to various saints. In the portion of the church where worship is at present performed, are two rows of pillars of excellent workmanship, especially that to the south east, which, for the fineness of it, looks like Flan der's lace.
With regard, lastly, to what was in part, or altogether, separated from the body of the church, there was a cloyster on the north side, a part of the walls of which is still remaining ; and where may be observed pleasant walks and scats, with a great deal of fine flowers nicely cut, as lilies, &c. also ferns, grapes, house-leeks, esca lops, fir-cones, &c. The door at the north entry of the church is curiously embossed, and the foliage here, and in several places of the church, very beautiful. There were also here a vast many fine buildings within the convent, for the residence and service of the abbot and monks, with gardens and other conveniences ; all this inclosed within a high %van, about a mile in circuit. Besides the high church, there has been a large line chapel, where the manse now is, and another house ad joining to it, where the foundations of the pillar's are still to be seen. On the north side of this house there has been a curious oratory or private chapel, the founda tions of which have been discovered this year, and a large cistern of one stone, with a leaden pipe conveying the water to it." See the account of Melrose in the Statistical dcconnt of Scotland, vol. ix. p. 89, by the Rev. Mr Thomson.
Plate CLXXI. contains a representation of one of the turrets of Henry V Ilth's Chapel, and of a pendent from the cathedral church at Ely.
Hitherto we have considered Gothic architecture only in religious structures, but of late years, it has some times singly, but more frequently combined with castel lated features, been employed in the decorations of private dwellings, viz. of the Earl of Bridgewater in
Hertfordshire, the Earl of Moira in Leicestershire, the Earl of Grosvenor in Cheshire, and the Earl of Lons dale in Westmoreland, all extensive and splendid man sions. With the permission of the noble owner, and aided by the able architect Mr Wyatt, we have selected specimens from the first of these edifices. We were induced to fix upon this, from its being constructed under the direction of a man of acknowledged fine taste, whose genius was left at free scope by a liberal and wealthy employer, and from its being situated within the reach of architectural students connected with the metro polis. In Plate CXCI. we have given the whole plan of the principal floor, in order to shew the relative situation of the parts, selected as specimens of Gothic decoration, and because the distribution, shape, and dimensions of the public apartments, are highly deserving of attention ; nor is the merit less in the arrangement of the offices, which comprehend every conveniency in its proper form and place. The name and dimensions of each apartment being marked on the plan, the whole will be evident from inspection.
In the same Plate is given that part of the north front which is included between A and B on the plan. This, and a part of the south front from C to D on the plan, sufficiently' shew the variety of manners in which the architect has managed the external facades. Our limits do not permit us to give a drawing of the chapel, which, both externally and internally, is of elegant and highly decorated Gothic, of the middle and latter styles. As it is professedly of rich cathedral architecture, it is on this account less appropriate to our present purpose, which is to treat of private dwellings.
With regard to interior decoration, we have in Plate CXC11. given a section of the hall and principal stair case, from which it will be seen, that, in these apart ments, the effects of the ornamental bracketted Norman roofing, richly canopied niches, with the numerous pan nellings, small pillars, and pointed arches, are perhaps even more striking, than any application of Greek or Roman architecture. Similar observations will apply to the conservatory, in which the superiority of the Gothic is, if possible, still more evident.
We shall now conclude this branch of our subject, by giving a brief detail of the ingenious theory of Gothic architecture by Sir James I [all, Bart. which has already been noticed under the Ilistory of Architecture.