HANDBOOK TO THE CATHEDRALS OF WALES. LLANDAFF.-ST. DAVID'S.-ST. ASAPH.- BANGOR. With Ellustrations. LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 1873. FA 2395.1.5 B HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY UNIFORM WITH THE PRESENT WORK. THE SOUTHERN CATHEDRALS-WINCHESTER, SALIS- THE EASTERN CATHEDRALS OXFORD, PETERBOROUGH, ELY, NORWICH, AND LINCOLN. With 90 Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 18s. THE WESTERN CATHEDRALS BRISTOL, GLOUCES- THE NORTHERN CATHEDRALS-YOrk, Ripon, Dur- 21S. LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS. PREFACE. THE appearance of the 'Handbook to the Cathedrals of Wales' has been much delayed in consequence of the extensive restorations which have been in progress for some time past. The Cathedrals have been filled with scaffolding; and it was found impossible, until recently, to procure such drawings or photographs as were necessary for the Illustrations to the present volume. This has been arranged on the same plan as the Handbooks for the English Cathedrals. The Churches of Llandaff and of St. David's have been described at considerable length-the former in Mr. E. A. Freeman's Remarks on the Architecture of Llandaff Cathedral,' published in 1850; the latter in Messrs. Jones and Freeman's History and Antiquities of St. David's,' published in 1856. Since those dates the two Cathedrals have undergone extensive restorations, the details of which are described in the following pages. But it is impossible to write of Llandaff or St. David's without frequent reference to the books just mentioned; and although b due acknowledgment of their value has been made in the notes to each Cathedral, it is proper to recognise in this place the extent to which the Author has been indebted to them. A similar use has been made of the Bishop of Llandaff's Account of Llandaff Cathedral,' in which the later history of the fabric is fully traced. And especial thanks are due to the Bishop and to Mr. Prichard, the architect of the restoration at Llandaff, for the kindness with which they have afforded assistance and information. At St. David's, the assistance of the Rev. W. B. Thomas, Canon of the Cathedral, and of the Rev. A. J. Green, has been not less valuable. Sir G. G. Scott, R.A., has kindly supplied information relating to the three Cathedrals, St. David's, St. Asaph's, and Bangor, in the restoration of which he has been concerned. Thanks are especially due to Mr. E. A. Freeman for permission to use some of the woodcuts belonging to his volume on Llandaff. Sir G. G. Scott and the Committee for the Restoration of Bangor have allowed the use of some engravings, prepared by Messrs. Dalziel for the illustration of Sir G. Scott's second report on that Cathedral. The exterior and interior views of Bangor are from drawings made by Mr. Buckler, and lithographed by him on a much larger scale. The Rev. Dr. Sparrow, of Ludlow, who has successfully photographed many portions of St. David's, kindly supplied some photographs, which have been found of great service. |