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 357

An illustration from 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, leaf 357 — PERPENDICULAR ENGLISH BATTLEMENTS. 277 a battlement analogous to it in small works long before ; such is that at Waltham Cross. Of plain battlements there are many descriptions : — 1st. That of nearly equal intervals, with a plain cap- ping running round with the outline. 2nd. The castellated bat-… … of these varieties most bat- St. George's Chapel, Windsor. tlements may be reduced ; but they are never to be depended on alone, in determining the age of a building, from the very frequent alterations they are liable to. Perpendicular English Roofs. These may be divided into three kinds ; first,…

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