Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 82
pter. 60 TIM: UTILITY r.ASIS AND INILLTCNCI:The barge-board, too, so picturesque a featurein old timbered houses, had the same useful ])ur-jDose to subserve in keeping the weather froni injur-ing r(K)f and wall. Staircases with tlie necessary handrail, again,have led to beautiful form in design,… … •THE TOWei^f OF Towers and church steeples, which form suchimportant and picturesque features in architectural(and, one might add, landscape) design, owed theirexistence, in the first place, to the necessities ofwatch, guard, and defence, and probably alsomeans of communication by signals. To the…
Decoration and ornament
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