Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901) - A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The - Diocese And See by Hubert C. Corlette
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and wall ribs. On the west and east sides are stone benches. But the
west side has in addition a small arcade of four arches forming recessed sedilia. The mouldings to the arches of this small arcade are of about the same date as those in the two outer orders of the enclosing arch on the south front of this porch. The two smaller arches under it appear to be later work, if we judge from their present character. But the arch-mould of the #Doorway# within the porch is work of approximately the same date as the outer moulded member of the enclosing arch on the west front of the west porch. The enclosing arch of the south porch is later work than these. But the two inner moulded orders of the enclosing arch of the west porch are even later still in character. [Illustration: THE SOUTH DOORWAY IN THE WEST WALK OF THE CLOISTER. _S.B. Bolas & Co., photo_.] The east side of this south porch forms the west wall of the present choir singing school--the old sacristy. But this room projects farther southward than the porch. The limit of its projection is indicated by a portion of a buttress in the cloister. Between this buttress and the porch are two small windows--one of them is now blocked up. The upper one is the same in design as those others on the south side of the same apartment. These we shall consider presently. Above the central pier at the entrance to this porch is a miserable figure in stone, intended to represent a saint. [Illustration: THE WEST WALK OF THE CLOISTER FROM THE SOUTH-EAST. _S.B. Bolas & Co., photo_.] The #Cloister#, which was added in the fifteenth century, is of a |
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