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Exterior View of St. Robert’s Chapel, Knaresborough

Exterior View of St. Robert’s Chapel, Knaresborough.jpg Exterior of mill during restorationThumbnailsExternal Bas-relief of Norte-Dame, in Paris, representing Citizens relieving Poor ScholarsExterior of mill during restorationThumbnailsExternal Bas-relief of Norte-Dame, in Paris, representing Citizens relieving Poor ScholarsExterior of mill during restorationThumbnailsExternal Bas-relief of Norte-Dame, in Paris, representing Citizens relieving Poor ScholarsExterior of mill during restorationThumbnailsExternal Bas-relief of Norte-Dame, in Paris, representing Citizens relieving Poor ScholarsExterior of mill during restorationThumbnailsExternal Bas-relief of Norte-Dame, in Paris, representing Citizens relieving Poor Scholars

St. Robert’s Chapel, at Knaresborough, Yorkshire, is a very excellent example of a hermitage. It is hewn out of the rock, at the bottom of a cliff, in the corner of a sequestered dell. The exterior, a view of which is given below, presents us with a simply arched doorway at the bottom of the rough cliff, with an arched window on the left, and a little square opening between, which looks like the little square window of a recluse. Internally we find the cell sculptured into the fashion of a little chapel, with a groined ceiling, the groining shafts and ribs well enough designed, but rather rudely executed.