Nicholas Hawksmoor, with the advice of his Master Sir Christopher Wren, prepared a scheme which included, not only the Founder's great court to the south of the Chapel, but also his cloister and bell-tower between the Chapel and the river; although the buildings were to be in the Palladian and not the Gothic manner. The project was postponed and when it again was put in hand it was to use a new design by James Gibbs.