makes it practically certainthat stone groining was intended for the chapel, as forthe crypt beneath; but such groining, though both designand construction demand it, was apparently never carriedout till Mr. Edward Blore introduced the present ratherclumsy imitation vaulting of timber and plaster… … Tiftsfin* Fig. 4. THE CRYPT AND CHAPEL OF LAMBETH PALACE. 145 destroying thereby the flat, wooden ceiling of panelledand painted work put by Archbishop Laud in Charles Isreign. ^ In plan, the chapel of course follows that of the cryptbeneath, but its walls are thinned down internally fromthe 4 ft.…
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