of 1-in. vertical boarding, and a 7-in. frame.

The

wrought-iron band hinges are inserted between the frame and the vertical boarding. A rebate is formed

more distinctly marked. The sections of the mouldings are more directly derived from Roman art. Deep cornices are introduced. The window mullion of the fillet and quarter-circle section, introduced in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, gives place to the window frame of square section. The lights are generally not more

on the door by projecting the boarding beyond the framework.

As the century advanced, classic influence became

than two side by side, and two in height, divided by a single transome. The windows are higher in proportion than those of the earlier part of the century.

We

find the glass generally brought well out to the face. The rooms are smaller and more numerous than

viously.

pre

The central portion of Lloran Uchaf, containing

a

staircase and set of rooms in very perfect condition, may be mentioned as a good example of a building of

this period. The rooms open out of each other. The walls are lined with oak panelling. The outer members of the mouldings are raised above the frames. The panelling is divided by pilasters.

Ty Newydd is an example of an exterior of this period. Over the doorway, in the centre of the south front, is a panel with the initial w placed over D A. The date 1684 is below. We give sketches (figs. 14 and 15) of the south and west fronts. The lower

portion of the wall in the west front would be older than the upper.

In the sixteenth century we find elaborate plaster ceilings and wall decorations, often ornamented, to a great extent, with heraldic devices. At the period we are dealing with, the plaster ceilings often have a heavy appearance, and lack the spontaneous expression so frequently met with in the earlier examples. The ceiling of a bed-room at Glascoed, of a portion of which we give a sketch (fig. 16), follows, in its general construction of deeply-recessed panels, a classic idea. The mouldings,