akes 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 in… … 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 Psreign.1 In plan, the chapel of course follows that of the cryptbeneath, but its walls are thinned down internally fromthe 4 ft. of the…
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