Copy 1, Volume 1

Descriptive excursions through South Wales and Monmouthshire. In the year 1804, and the four preceding summers / By E. Donovan.

  • Donovan, E. (Edward), 1768-1837.
Date:
1805
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Credit: Descriptive excursions through South Wales and Monmouthshire. In the year 1804, and the four preceding summers / By E. Donovan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    neglect, and is suffered to soil the furniture of the pulpit, the pews, floor, and even the communion table, in a most unbecoming manner. Quitting the church, we obtained admittance, through the medium of one of the workmen, •into the apartments still remaining of what originally constituted the ancient priory, for much of this building, as before remarked, has been demolished lately. That part which remains, pretty clearly demonstrates that strength, rather than elegance, or even conve- nience, was consulted by the builder. The staircases are remarkably steep, most of the avenues oark and narrow, and the apartments to which they conduct, extremely gloomy. -Nothing particular occurs here except one apartment of large dimensions, called the armoury. This spacious room was under the hands of modern reformation at the time we saw it, but several of the racks designed for the reception of the arms belonging to the garrison