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Excerpt from History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Churches of Great Britain, Vol. 3 of 4: Illustrated With a Series of Highly-Finished Engravings, Exhibiting General and Particular Views; Ground Plans; And All the Architectural Features and Ornaments in the Various Styles of Building in Our Ecclesiastical Edifices
In the time of this prelate, remarks this facetious writer, the cathednl of Lichfield was in the vertical height thereof. Being (though not augmented in the essentials) beantiiied in the ornamentals thereof. Indeed the west hoot is a stately fabriek, adorned with exquisite imagerie, which I suspeetoor age is so far from being able to imitate the workmanship. That it nnderstandeth not the history thereof. But also, it is now in a pitiful nae. Indeed. Almost beaten down to the ground in our civil dissentions?' Some of the statues were repaired or teplaced by the erer-memorahle bishop Haeket. Time, however, has again been no less destructive than the hammersoi' fanatics. Andin essence! Were removedhy orderoi the dean and chapter. In the centre, at the top of this west front, stands the statue of Charles H. Who eontributed timber. Lsc. Towards repairing the edifice; it is the work of air William Wilson, originally astone-mason at Sutton Coldheld. This statue, it is presumed. Occupies the situation of an ancient one of Adam or Christ, as both sides of the towers were adorned with figures of the patriarchs. Exactly over the top of the beautiful porch la a figure of a bishop, supposed tobe St. Chad. Within this porch stood Hoses, Aaron, the Ban'elists, with the gospels in their hands, the Virgin and child, he. Which were formerly richly painted and gilded. At the top of the central pillar is a figure between two chernhs, with open arms; but Stukeley, the acute Pennant, Mr. Shaw, and otheu. Have glven discordant opinions whether it was designed for God the Father or Son, and it is now too much mutilated to determine.
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