CHIMNEY-STACK AND WINDOW.
119.—Typical Chimney in the Midlands.
120.—Chimney at Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire.
121.—Chimney at Drayton House, Northamptonshire (1584).
122.—Chimney at Triangular Lodge, Rushton, Northamptonshire (1595).
Blickling Hall affords examples of many of the features which have been described. It has fine stacks of chimneys, curved gables, and pierced parapets over the windows; on each gable is a dainty little statue. The front doorway is richly embellished, and over it are the owner's arms set forth with much heraldic display. Classic features are used with moderation and restraint; a cornice marks the level of the first floor; other cornices crown the bay windows; and columns flank the archway. But they are all used because they answered the designer's purpose, and not because he hoped by loading his building with classic features to give it a character which, without such help, he was powerless to impart.