Identifier: imperialislanden00hunn (find matches)
Title: The imperial island; England's chronicle in stone;
Year: 1886 (1880s)
Authors: Hunnewell, James Frothingham, 1832-1910
Subjects: Architecture
Publisher: Boston, Ticknor
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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neof them flanked by an octagonal tower, — a completing featurenow lacking on the northern. All of these parts are coveredwith rich niches, traceries, or windows of but moderate size.Beneath the tower there is a boldly projecting porch, that hasbeen restored and shows a great deal of carving, and fine coloredmarble shafts. The centre of the cross formed by the plan ismarked by the broad octagon, that is crowned by a smaller onecovered with dark metal. These, and the transept, choir, andapse, have many pinnacles, but the nave has none. Variedand pleasant grounds surround the edifice. Along the north-ern side there is a churchyard ; a long, green, shaded publicplace extends westward from the front; a grassy area lies east-ward, and southward is a collection of curious old buildings,among which are several remarkable objects. Moonlight, as W. Stevenson, imp. 4°, Norwich, 1817. — History of Ely, 2d ed., edited by W.Stevenson, imp. 4°, London, 1812, and his Supplement, Norwich, 1817.
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