CHOIR OF THE TEMPLE CHURCH.

THE view is taken from the Round Church, looking through the Central Arch. As recorded in the Introduction, this portion of the Building is some fifty years later than the Round, and was consecrated on Ascension Day, 1240.

"The Middle and Aisles correspond in height, and afford a most beautiful and finished example of the Lancet, or Early English style." A complete restoration of the Church in 1840-43 removed the accretions of centuries and exhibited the outlines of the building in something of their primitive beauty. The cluftered columns which support the roof are of Purbeck marble, and were then disencumbered of the paint and plafter, as well as from the monumental tablets which disfigured them. The high pews were taken down, and the pulpit removed from the end of a central avenue to the position at the side which it now occupies. The Choir has twelve Lancet windows, with three lights in each. Full and detailed particulars of the Church can be learned from Judge Baylis's admirable "Guide to the Temple Church."

CHOIR OF THE TEMPLE CHURCH.

"The Middle and Aisles correspond in height, and afford a most beautiful and finished example of the Lancet, or Early English style." A complete restoration of the Church in 1840-43 removed the accretions of centuries and exhibited the outlines of the building in something of their primitive beauty. The cluftered columns which support the roof are of Purbeck marble, and were then disencumbered of the paint and plaster, as well as from the monumental tablets which disfigured them. The high pews were taken down, and the pulpit removed from the end of a central avenue to the position at the side which it now occupies. The Choir has twelve Lancet windows, with three lights in each. Full and detailed particulars of the Church can be learned from Judge Baylis's admirable "Guide to the Temple Church."

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