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 360
uced to squares of two or three feet: and at each inter-section, a flower, shield, or other ornament was placed. Thisroof was sometimes in the aisles made sloping, and occa- PERPENDICULAR ENGLISH ROOFS. 279 sionally coved. In a few instances, the squares were filledwith fans, &c., of small… … Rushden, Northamptonsliire, c. 1500. a room attached to St. Marys Hall, at Coventry, another;both these have small ribs crossing the ceiling, and dividingit into several parts. At Coventry, the intersection of theseribs in the centre, and their spring from the moulding, whichruns round from the…
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