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the choir counting from the east, are the chapels of Bishop Audley, and (1875) of Walter, Lord Hungerford, the latter removed from the nave by the Earl of Radnor, as representative of the Hungerford family, in 1778. Bishop AUDLEY'S chantry (died 1524: see Part II.), [Plate VIII.], is one of the few monuments occupying their original places in the cathedral. It is a very fine example of late Perpendicular; and may be compared, though far less rich in all its details, with the almost contemporary monument of Bishop Fox at Winchester. The numerous figures which filled the niches have long been removed. The arms and initials of the founder appear on the shields projecting from the cornice, and supporting the episcopal mitre. The interior, which retains much bright colouring, has a rich fan-vault. The Hungerford Chapel opposite, interesting as an example of early ironwork, has suffered more serious degradation, in spite of its restoration and blazoned shields. It has been converted into a pew for the Radnor family, for which purpose it was removed from its proper situation in the nave. The upper part is entirely of iron, with the projections gilt. The arms on the different compartments of the base are those of the founder and his two wives. On the ceiling within are a series of bearings, illustrating the descent of Lord Radnor from the Hungerfords. Iron chapels such as the present, which dates about 1429, are rare, especially of so early a date. The finest and most elaborate example is the chantry of Edward IV. (died 1483), in St. George's Chapel, Windsor. This

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Hungerford Chapel, of which the ironwork only is ancient, will be removed from its present situation, into which it was intruded about a century since.

XXVII. From the choir we pass into the low eastern aisle behind it, opened by Wyatt both to the choir and the Lady-chapel, but now closed from the former by the new reredos.

The modern colouring of all this part of the church, as seen from the presbytery, will already have attracted attention, and it can only be regarded as strangely unpleasant and unsatisfactory. It is said to be, and perhaps is, an exact reproduction of the ancient colouring: but this is no sound reason for restoring what is in itself inharmonious and harsh. The Purbeck shafts have been polished, and are almost black. Other piers are coloured a crude green. The main vaulting-ribs are in dull red, and the same green, with the dog-tooth ornament in white. The vaulting itself is white, with narrow red lines. A pattern of Early English foliage in red occurs round the bosses of each bay, and is carried into the vault. The spandrels above the windows and the arch mouldings of the windows have also been coloured, in both retrochoir and Lady-chapel. The colour throughout is so strong and positive, that the low roof of this part of the church is brought heavily on the eye, and the grace of the architecture has been seriously injured. The work is by CLAYTON AND BELL.

The eastern aisle itself is narrower and of less importance than the "procession paths" of either Win

chester or Exeter; but the slender clustered shafts which separate it from the Lady-chapel invest this part of the cathedral with unusual beauty. The height of each shaft is thirty feet, and the diameter little more than ten inches. The Lady-chapel [Plate IX.-this plate shows it as it was before the restoration (1875)] is divided by similar clusters and by single shafts, into a central and two side-aisles. The slender, and almost reed-like columns assist in carrying the vault. At the east end is a triple lancet, with an additional light on either side; the intervening space being occupied by an exterior buttress. All five lights have been filled with stained glass in commemoration of the late Dean Lear. The subjects represented are the principal events in the life of our Saviour. This glass has replaced an indifferent painted window, displaying the Resurrection, from a design by Sir Joshua Reynolds. The altar-piece, below the window, is a curious composition. The three central niches formed the original altar-piece of the Beauchamp Chapel (date 1481), whilst those on either side were constructed from the entrances to that and to the Hungerford Chapel (date 1470), both of which were destroyed by Wyatt. Both were rich and highly decorated, as their remains fully prove. The canopies of the niches under the sidewindows of the Lady-chapel were formed by a cornice from the Beauchamp chantry. In this chapel, after his canonization in 1456, stood the magnificent shrine of

d Engravings of both these chapels will be found in Gough's 'Sepulchral Monuments.'

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