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Architectural notices of the churches of the Archdeaconry of Northampton. Deaneries of Higham Ferrers and Haddon (1849)

Architectural and Archaeological Society of the Archdeaconries of Northampton and Oakham · London: J. H. Parker · leaf 271

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he exception of that lofty and trulygraceful portion, a nearer investigation reveals but little worthy ofdetailed remark. The Church is of the usual parochial type, andthe general character of its architecture most thoroughly common-place, as free from striking deformity as from striking beauty.… … THE CORNICE a broach, much morejthe air of one rising from within a parapet.Instead of the short squat form of most of the Northamptonshirebroaches, it tapers in a manner rivalling Higham or Rush den. Itsgreat height, the very small size of the squinches connecting itwith the square Tower, and the…

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