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 259
-, might be again variously divided, such istheir diversity ; but these two may be sufficient. The first are panelled niches, the fronts of whose canopiesare even with the face of the wall or buttress they are set in,[as at Peterborough, and Piddington, Oxfordshire]. These … Piscina, Peterborougli Cathedral, c 1208. Niche, Piddington, Oxfordshire, c. 1300. have their interiors either square with a sloping side, or areregular semi-hexagons, &c. In the first case, if not very deep,the roof is a plain arch ; but in the latter case, the roof is oftenmost delicately…
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