^f;4 TIIEOUY OF ARCHITECTURE.

Boos IT,
GiAscnw. Ancient buildings: High Church (12th century), sandstone of the vicinity,
generally very much decomposed, particularly on the south side Old quadrangle of
the College (James II.), of sandstone, decomposed.
Modern buildings: llunterian Museum (1804) ;
superstructure said to be of stone from
the President quarry ; slight traces of decomposition on the south-west front. The
basement of another sandstone, in a more advanced state of decomposition
;
other
parts of the building are in an almost perfect state. The other buildings are gene-
rally erected of stone from the Giffneuch and other quarries in the immediate neigh-
bourhood, except the new Exchange buildings, which are of stone from the Humbie
quarry, thirty miles from Glasgow, recently erected, in which there are not any ap-
parent symptoms of decomposition.
GLOucEsTEa
Cathedral (Norman for the greater part, altered and cased in the I.^th
century), built of a fine grained and ill-cemented oolite, a shelly oolite, and a red
sandstone (north side) intermixed, of which the former constitutes the greater por-
tion. The tower
(1
5th century), of shelly oolite, in perfect condition. The early
turrets of the south transepts are also in good condition. The body of the building
is much decomposed. The great cloister is built of the same materials as the cathe-
dral. The moulded and decorated work is in good condition, the other parts are
more or less decomposed. The small cloister is built of a fine oolite with a compact
cement, and is in good condition. The New Bridge, of Whitchurch sandstone,
parapets of Ruordean fine-grained sandstone, in good condition.
Maddon Hall, Derbyshire (15th and 16th centuries). Of a fine-grained sandstone,
similar to that of Lindrop Hill. The dressings, parapets, chimney shafts, quoins, &c.

are wrought and rubbed; the remainder of the walls is of rough walling. The whole
in fair condition.
Harrowgate. Cheltenham Pump Room, of sandstone from Woodhouse, near Leeds.
Built recently. In good condition. Swan Hotel and other modern buildings, of a
coarse sandstone of the vicinity
;
generally in good condition.
Hardwicke Hall, Derbyshire.
(1597).
Of a fine-grained sandstone, chiefly from a
quarry in the hill on which the house is built, intermixed with a calciferous grit,
similar to that of Mansfield
;
generally in good condition. The ashler is in parts
decomposed, especially where it is set on edge.
Howden Church, Yorkshire (I5th century); partly of magnesian limestone, of a deep
yellow colour, and partly of a coarse siliceous grit, of a ferruginous colour. Dress-
ings and enrichments and the central tower are of the former stone
;
generally de-
composed, particularly at the top of the tower. The other parts of the building,
which are of the grit, are very much decomposed.
KiRKSTALL Abbey, Yorkshire (llth century). Of coarse sandstone of the vicinity, in
various stages of decomposition according to the aspect. The east side is in fair con-
dition
;
some of the zig-zag enrichments and early capitals and other enrichments of
moHildings are in perfect condition. The windows of the chancel and tower (inserted
in the 1 6th century) of a yellow sandstone, are for the most part gone, and what re-
mains is much decomposed.
Mansfield
TownHall, Nottinghamshire.. Built three years since, of magnesio-calciferous
sandstone from Mansfield : no appearance of decomposition.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Ancient buildings: St. Nicholas' Church (14th century), of
sandstone of the vicinity, similar to that of the Heddon Quarry, very much decom-
posed. Parts restored within the last century, with the same stone, now decomposing.
The upper part of the tower and spire restored within the last five years, and painted
to preserve the stone from decay. Other ancient buildings, of the same stone, more or
less in a state of decomposition, according to the date of their erection.
Modern buildings, built within the last 25 years, of sandstone from the Felling and
Church quarries at Gateshead and the Kenton quarry : parts already show symptoms
of decomposition.
PoNTEFRACT Castle, Yorkshire (14 th century). Built generally of a coarse grit, of a dark
brown colour, occasionally mixed witli an inferior magnesian limestone. The whole
in a very decomposed state, more particularly the sandstone, in which all traces of the
original surface are effaced. Fragments of magnesian limestone are embedded in
several parts of the walls, with mouldings of the 1 2th century, in perfect con-
dition.
Raby
Castle, Durham (14th century). Of sandstone of the vicinity ; parts in a perfect
state,
others slightly decomposed.
Richmond
Castle, Y'orkshire (llth century). The keep, of sandstone, similar to that of
Gatherly Moor, generally in good condition ; mouldings and carvings in columns of
window in a perfect state.
RiHON,
Yorksliire. An obelisk in the market-place
(1781),
of coarse sandstone, much de-
composed ill laniiiKitions paralLI to the exposed faces.