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 /by the late Thomas Rickman (1881)
Rickman, Thomas, 1776-1841, Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884, Le Keux, John Henry, 1812-1896, Cattermole, George, 1800-1868, Mackenzie, Frederick, 1787 or 8-1854, Jewitt, Thomas Orlando Sheldon, 1799-1869, Starling, William Francis, Hacker, C., 19th cent, Carter, James, 1798-1855, Wilkinson, W. S, Smith, C. B · London : Parker and Co. · leaf 336
RPENDICULAR ENGLISH STYLE. 262 upper story, the buttresses are often very thin, and have diagonal faces. There are few large buildings of ^ this style without flying buttresses, and these are often pierced ; at Henry the Seventh's Chapel they are of rich tracery, and the buttresses are octagonal… … front of the buttress. At Gloucester, and perhaps at some other places, an arch or half-arch is pierced in the lower part of the buttresses. There are a few buildings of this style without any buttresses. All the kinds are occasionally orna- mented with statuary niches, and canopies of various…
