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168 168 ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE. Part II. access to the building being a side door of the nave. Peterborough alone has a fa9ade at once original and beautiful. Nothing but the portico of a classic temple can surpass the majesty of the three great arches of the fa9ade of this church. The effect is a little marred 601. View of the Angel Tower and Chapter-House, Canterbury. (Cath. Hb.) by the chapel thrust in between the central piers ; but, take it all in all, it is one of the most Ijeautiful inventions of the Middle Ages. Such a screen would have been better had the arches been fianked