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ArchitecturePhra Borom Banpot
Chedi Phukhao Thong is a golden bell-shaped stupa on the high mound which is surrounded by concrete wall. Two staircases are leading to the open pavilion and there are other two staircases leading to the upper veranda. The character of the stupa is King Rama IV bell-shaped type, which shares some features, such as pyramidal wire pedestals, of Ayutthaya bell-shaped stupa.
ArchitecturePhra Ubosot Wat Benchamabophit Dusitwanaram
Phra ubosot is in projecting cross plan and faces the east The easterm portico is extended, while the duplicated Phra Phuttha Jinaraj is installed in the western wing. The northern and southern porticos are linked to the cloister that leads to the back of the building.The front edge of the boundary stand concrete pillars with lotus-bud-shaped echinus, which signify “Sema”, while the back of the ubosot shows through Dharmacakra Sema on a granite-carved floor tiles. The boundary floor uses pink and gray granite tiles, while the wall is a white marble.The eastern and western porticos have four marble pillars in circular plan. Beside the staircase of each side stand a pair of marble-carved lions, which Prince Naris designed and molded by Khun Sakolpradit, the royal artisan.The exterior door was embossed with Dvarapala, while the interior door was painted the same figure with golden lacquer. The windows use the same technic, however, with Mara Baek. The niches were decorated by stained glass.The roof was built in traditional Thai form with yellow corrugated tiles and Thepphanom at the eaves, which once were the roof tiles of Wat Kalayanamite that later had been coloured in China. The pediment of phra ubosot displays the important state coat of arms. The eastern portico’s pediment displays Vishnu riding Garuda which stands for Phra Krooth Pah emblem. The western portico’s pediment display Unalom in Bussabok which stands for Maha Unalom or Maha Ongkarn emblem. The northern portico’s pediment displays three-headed elephant carrying bussabok which stands for Aiyarapot emblem. The southern portico’s pediment displays Cakra which stands for Cakraroth or Dharmacakra emblem.
ArchitecturePhra Ubosot Wat Rachathiwat
Phra Ubosot faces the west, where the former temple entrance was, and has three doorways. The building can b divided into three parts. The front veranda, the centre area where the rituals are held and the duplicated Phra Samphuttha Phanni is installed under the white nine-tiered parasol. Behind the buddha image is the niche which displays the painting of Vessantara Jataka drawn by Prince Naris and used Fresco paint by an Italian painter, Mr. C. Rigoli. The back part is where the former principal buddha image of the temple, Phra Samphuttha Wadhobhas, installed. The front portico of the ubosot has Lopburi Art cornice, while its pediment consists of the standing buddha image with Abhaya Mudra gesture at the centre and two sitting disciples in the niches. The roof uses blue tiles which both sided eaves are decorated by three Lopburi Art cornices.
ArchitectureHo Shastrakhom
Ho Shastrakhom is a traditional Thai brick-and-stucco architecture with wooden roof frame and two-tiered roof that is decorated by green and orange roof tiles. The cornice is decorated with Chorfah, Bairaka, Naksadung and Hanghong. The floral-carved-wooden pediment is coated with gold lacquer and glass, whose the centre stands a deva holding a sword in his left hand and a trident in his right hand. The columns with echinus in circular plan are suppoting the eaves. The veranda is decorated with green porcelain tiles. There are windows and doorways except the eastern side. Above those windows and doorways are paintings of the royal insignia and weapons.
ArchitecturePhra Ubosot Wat Niwet Thammaprawat
Phra Ubosot was built in Gothic Revival Style in with a rectangular plan and pointed roof, particularly the rear of the ubosot which had steep-slopping roof and its doors and windows were in pointed-arched-shaped with stained glass similar to Christian church. Above the northeastern entrance, the stained glasses, which were made in France, displayed the portrait of King Rama V wearing the royal garment in the occasion of His Accession to the Throne. The decoration inside Phra Ubosot was in European style and used pink tone, which represented the colour of the King’s birthday.
ArchitecturePrang Wat Phutthaisawan
The main prang of Wat Phutthaiswand was erected on the phaithi base and faces the east. It was formerly flanked by mandapas to the north and the south. The prang was built with bricks, covered with plaster and decorated with stucco motifs. The interior serves as a cella or garbhagriha which can be accessed via a projecting porch on the exterior. There are also three more porches but are shorter in size. A superstructure of the prang is a multi-tiered roofs decorated with cornered antefixes. On the very top is a bronze nine-tiered trident as a finial.
ArchitectureTamnak Phra Phutthakosajarn
Tamnak Phra Phutthakosajarn is a two-storey building in a rectangular plan. It was built with brick and covered with plaster. The doorway is on the front wall of the ground floor whereas a row of pointed arch windows are on the side walls. The upper floor can be accessed by the staircase adjacent to side wall. Windows are on all sides of the building. The roof was built with timber and terracotta tiles.
ArchitectureThe Main Chedi of Wat Maheyong
The main chedi of Wat Maheyong is a round chedi standing on an ambulatory platform. It was built with brick, covered with plaster and posseses an exterior decoration with stucco reliefs.The ambulatory platform is a square base. There are niches along its walls which house life-sized figures of elephant's front-half. Four sets of staircase leading to the upper area of platform locate in the middle of each side. At the centre of the square ambulatory platform is round chedi. A row of Buddha niches forms the chedi's lower part. The upper parts were mostly rebuilt but the original triple ring moulding (malai thao) can still be seen. The middle part is a bell-shaped dome and a square pedestal. This part supports the uppermost part: a newly built spire replacing the original one which broke and fell down onto the platform.
