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A B C of Gothic architecture (1882)

Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford [etc.] Parker and Co. · leaf 173

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buttress there is frequentlya gurgoyle, or ornamental wa-ter-spout. They usually havepediments, and are frequentlyenriched on the face with nichesfor figures (which sometimes, butrarely, are left),and canopies,andoften terminate in pinnacles, asat Gadsby, Leicestershire. Inlarge buildings there are… … Buttresses of Chancel, StantonSt. John, Oxon. DECORATED BUTTRESSES. 163

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