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 278
e slope of theroof is of stone: it is high pitched, and the whole appears ofDecorated character. There remain a few roofs, which appear to be of Decoratedcharacter, that are open to the roof framing, and have a sortof panelled work in ogee quatrefoils in timber, between theprincipals, which have… … Bradenstoke Priory, or Clack Atil)ey, Wiltshire, c. 1320. « [Decorated timber roofs are not souncommon as they were supposed tobe when Mr. Eickman wrote. Manyexamples have been found in parishchurches, as well as in monastic anddomestic buildings. The example from€lack Abbey is perhai^s one of…
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