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A B C of Gothic architecture (1907)

Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London : Parker and Co. · leaf 77

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n added tostrengthen the wall after it waserected, and are not part of theoriginal work. In late J^ormanbuildings the buttresses are some-times square, and consequentlyhave a much greater projectionthan the early flat buttresses.These square buttresses also havethe moldings or shafts at theangles… … Flat Norman Buttress. THE X0R3IAX PERIOD. 67 NoEMAN Porches have in general very little projec-tion, sometimes only a few inches, but the thickness ofthe wall allows the doorways to be deeply recessed;they are sometimes terminated by a gable, or pedi-ment, as at St. Margaret-at-Cliffe, Kent, where…

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