An attempt to discriminate the styles of architecture in England, from the conquest to the reformation : with a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders (1881)
Rickman, Thomas, 1776-1841 · Oxford : J. H. Parker · leaf 110
f the refectory are al<;o still stand-ing, and although the ornamentation was entirely altered and windowsinserted by Abbot Litlington in the fourteenth century, the originalornamental arcade in the refectory has been preserved. It is remarkable that the stone used in the Confessors work at… … Arcade of tlie Refectory, Westminster Abbey, a.d. 1066. when the wall of the refectory was altered and decorated afresh, isquite of a different character, and has perished so much that itcrumbles with a touch. This arcade had been built up withrough stone for centimes in order toreceive the…
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