Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford [etc.] Parker and Co. · leaf 144
s not one of thedistricts in which they are commonly met with. There is frequently a niche over the outer doors, ordoor into the church from the porch; this was for thepatron-saint. Occasionally, but rarely, there are remainsof a wooden gallery in that position, supposed to havebeen for the… … Kidlington, Oxon, c A.D. 1350. This porch is a good typical example of the outer doorway with the ball-lower ornament in the hollow molding, and the niche over it for the figure ofhe patron-saint. 134 THE DECORATED STYLE. The Doorways of this style are frequently large,and very richly sculptured,…
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