London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman · leaf 356
i)ii Fig 167. is a design for a Norman porch. This porch issquare on the plan, with a groined or open timber roof, coveredwith tiles on the outside. Lead was frequently employed as acovering for roofs in old English buildings; but slates should iti the Norma7i Style. 343 … 170 never be used in Gothic architecture. Slates were not only never used by our forefathers,but are a very inharmonious material forbuildings in any of the old English styles;and when a proper material can be ob-tained, sufficiently durable, there can be noexcuse for using any other. As this…
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