(Now destroyed.)
Matthew Brettingham, Architect.
189. Doorway at Cark Hall, Lancashire (cir. 1623).
A considerable amount of attention was bestowed upon doors and doorways, both external and internal. In Jacobean times external doorways were tolerably simple in themselves, and they were generally set back inside a porch, which was entered through a semicircular archway flanked by pilasters or columns carrying a frieze and cornice. Typical examples may be seen at Felbrigge Hall (Fig. 118) and Gayhurst (Fig. 126). This method was carried on during the first quarter of the seventeenth century. A later treatment occurs at Cark Hall, Lancashire, where almost detached columns support a bold semicircular pediment which encloses a heavy wreath surrounding a coat of arms (Fig. 189).
190. Doorway formerly in Sherborne Lane, London.
At Petworth. At Godalming.
191. External Doorways.