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 337
iire. 262 THE PERPENDICLTLAR ENGLISH STYLE. upper story, the buttresses are often very thin, and havediagonal faces. There are few large buildings of this stylewithout flying buttresses, and these are often pierced; atHenry the Sevenths Chapel they are of ricli tracery, andthe buttresses are… … .^^^ KentoE, Devon. South Moreton, Berts. front of the buttress. At Gloucester, and perhaps at someother places, an arch or half-arch is pierced in the lower partof the buttresses. There are a few buildings of this stylewithout any buttresses. All the kinds are occasionally orna-mented with…
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