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CONTENTS
| PREFACE (not included in original ToC) | ||
| INTRODUCTION (not included in original ToC) | ||
| CHAPTER I | ||
| THE BUILDINGS AND THEIR MAKERS | ||
| 1. Hampton Court: its associations: its twofold interest.—2. The characteristics of the early sixteenth-century architecture as represented in Wolsey's building.—3. The size and extent: the view from the roofs.—4. The outer Green Court: the Base Court: the Clock Court: the "Consessionary."—5. Wren's work in the Clock Court: the side-courts.—6. The great Hall: the great Watching Chamber: the Horn-room.—7. Wren and his style: the Fountain Court: the east front: the south front: the King's staircase and its decoration: the interior of the rooms.—8. The architect: Wolsey probably his own architect:Wren's plans: the extent of his designs: Defoe thereon: the work incomplete but characteristic.—9. Different judgments on the alterations made by Wren: Horace Walpole: "The Beauties of England and Wales: "Wren's characteristic merits | 1–27 | |
| CHAPTER II | ||
| HAMPTON COURT IN HISTORY | ||
| 1. The creation of Wolsey's house: its magnificence under Elizabeth.–2. A long popular dwelling-place of English rulers: two names most prominent among its makers: Wolsey and | ||
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