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permitted , or for a single hoar he tolerated " tricks that make artist * weep . " In the chapel of which we are now
speaking , there is no attempt at novelty of arrangement , or originality of design , hut both judgment and taste fcre displayed in the adoption of classical features . An hexastyle portico of the Grecian Doric order occupies the wliole front of the edifice , and
imparts to it a commanding and temple-like aspect . The wall within this portico is unbroken by any other aperture than a single door , forming the entrance to the building * Hence arise a boldness of effect , a greatness of manner , a chasteness and repose , of which we should desire to see more
examples , and which we would most earnestly recommend to the study of our metropolitan architects . On viewing this elegant facade , we regret but two circumstances : first , that the 4 oor is not pannelled in a bolder style , and that it has not been painted in imitation of some dark , ricVcoloured
wood , ' —secondly , that it has not been attempted to give more the character of stone to the building , by tracing the jointings of courses ; * yet these are trifling blemishes , easily corrected , and which we should hardly have noticed , were it not that we feel
goinewhat impatient at perceiving the attainment of perfect beauty in some degree frustrated by what we consider mere capriciousness and perverseness . The interior corresponds with the exterior , in simplicity of taste , and in the style of its decoration , if we can rightly apply the latter term to an edifice , where all that comes under the name of ornament seems to have been studiously rejected . In this respect , we do not tkink that it would scandalize even a congregation of Quakers ; and yet there is a certain air of taste , a propriety of architectural feeling , and , wkhal , a decorum that satisfies the beholder , and affords
him no email pleasure . The chief feature * in this interior , is a recess opposite the entrance , decorated with two fluted Doric column * , forming tkcee i&tercolumns , the central one of f ¦ ' * " iEfae coltunns are stone ; jbrot the . entablature and fttber parts of the fjrmtAxe covered wilfe lenient .
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which ia occupied by the pulpit , ele , vated ewa a sox % of screen , which occupie * the lower part of these intercorumns , rising \ b about one-third of the height of the columns . This arrangement is one of the most advantageous that can be deviled , for the
pulpit ia thus rendered sn important object . J % i * nc > t thrust on one side , aa in our chureh ^ s , but the preacher is in front of all the congregation , and equi-distant from either side . Behind this screen , too , the clergyman enters the vestry , or the pulpit , without
passing through the chapel itself . At the back of this recess are two antae , corresponding with the columns , and between them the wall is hung with a plain purple drapery , on which the light is thrown down in a rather
picturesque manner , by a window which is concealed , being above the entablature , over the columns . This entablature is continued quite round the interior , constituting the only # rchitec tural embellishment , There are no
galleries , and the light is admitted by three , or rather , perhaps , one window on each side , consisting pf tfrree arched apertures , glazed with ground glass . The light thus admitted is quite sufficient , &nd the effect is far better thafc that produced by so many windows as
it is usual to have in our places of public worship- Nearly jthe whole of this interior being of a uniform tint , approaching a * wfrj £ e , there is a coldness and rawness ^ ri ^ jng from this circumstance , which , we thjnfc , detracts from the general effect : had 9 slightty warm hue Jbeen given to the glass , this would np $ ha ^ ve t > eep the case . We wouM j ^ p # a * nend a large transparent blincjl , strained pn a frame , so as U > be fixed peiw ^ nentjy , before the window on either side , and painted Ux dLiuro ^ euro , in tfaee eoJUppAitmeitf s , ^ fi ^ wering to rt ^ | &ree- ^ r bed tyW ' ture ^ of ^ ' 4 ch win ( JovrP We r ^ IIy thxuk that tfiip wn of Mind ^ , if wcnUd * n & ^ uperiw H ^^ mier , flQigfct l > e
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1823, page 632, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1790/page/16/
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