HAMPTON COURT
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 "Confessionary."—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 decorations :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.
I
There are few of the buildings which the generosity of English sovereigns has thrown open to the people that appeal to us with the same attraction as Hampton Court. For two reasons, at least, it has an interest
