 | Thomas West - Lake District (England) - 1789 - 336 pages
...procumbent figure of a man in armour, crofs legged. The chapterhoufe has been a noble room of fixty feet by forty-five. The vaulted roof, formed of twelve ribbed arches, was fupported by fix pillars in two rows, at thirteen feet diftance from each. other. Now, fuppofing each... | |
 | William Green (of Ambleside.) - Lake District (England) - 1819 - 524 pages
...of Kendal are interred, lies a procumbent figure of a man in armour, cross-legged. The chapter-house has been a noble room of sixty feet by forty-five....arches, was supported by six pillars in two rows, at thirteen feet distance from each other. Now, supposing each of the pillars to be two feet in diameter,... | |
 | Thomas West - Cumberland (England) - 1821 - 346 pages
...of Kendal are interred, lies a procumbent figure of a man in armour, cross-legged. The chapter-house has been a noble room of sixty feet by forty-five....twelve ribbed arches, was supported by six pillars on two rows, at thirteen feet distance from each other. Now supposing each of the pillars to be two... | |
 | Mrs. Henry Rolls - 1825 - 298 pages
...of Kendal are interred, lies a procumbent figure of a man in armour, cross-legged. The Chapter-house has been a noble room of sixty feet by forty-five....twelve ribbed arches, was supported by six pillars on two rows, at thirteen feet distance from each other. Now, supposing each of the pillars to be two... | |
 | John Hudson (of Kendal.), William Wordsworth - Geology - 1842 - 336 pages
...of Kendal are interred, lies a procumbent figure of a man in armour, cross-legged. The chapter-house is the only building belonging to the Abbey which...arches, was supported by six pillars in two rows, at fourteen feet distance from each other. Now, supposing each of the pillars to be eighteen inches in... | |
 | 1842 - 1008 pages
...of Kendal are interred, lies a procumbent figure of a man in armour, cross-legged. The chapter-house is the only building belonging to the abbey which is marked with any elegance of Gothic sculpture. The vaulted roof, formed of twelve ribbed arches, was supported by six pillars, in' two rows, at fourteen... | |
 | John Hudson - Cumbria (England) - 1843 - 312 pages
...of Kendal are interred, lies a procumbent figure of a man in armour, crosslegged. The chapter-house is the only building belonging to the Abbey which...formed of twelve ribbed arches, was supported by six pilars in two rows, at fourteen feet distance from each other. Now, supposing each of the pillars to... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Adam Sedgwick - Geology - 1859 - 330 pages
...Kendal are interred, lies a procumbent figure of a man in armour, cross-legged . The chapter-house is the only building belonging to the Abbey which...marked with any elegance of Gothic sculpture ; it haa been a noble room of sixty feet by forty-five. The vaulted roof, formed of twelve ribbed arches,... | |
 | W. Porter (publisher.) - 1871 - 160 pages
...cross-legged. The chapter house is the only building belonging to the abbey which is marked with an elegance of Gothic sculpture ; it has been a noble...arches, was supported by six pillars in two rows at fourteen feet distance from each other. The noble roof of this singular edifice did but lately fall... | |
 | English lakes - 1881 - 170 pages
...been a noble room. It is entered from the Cloister Court by one of three Norman arches still standing. The vaulted roof, formed of twelve ribbed arches, was supported by six pillars, in two rows, fourteen feet apart; and the windows still show their border tracery. To the south of the Chapter House... | |
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... four seats adorned with Gothic ornaments. In these the officiating priest, with his attendants, sat at intervals during the solemn service of high mass. In the middle space, where the first barons of Kendal are interred, lies a procumbent figure of... 