Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford [etc.] Parker and Co. · leaf 178
Exeter, and at York in the chapter-house;at Norwich in the cloisters; at Chesterb the vault isof wood, with stone springers. There are a few instancesof stone roofs of this style over narrow spaces of veryhigh pitch, supported by open-work, as if in imitationof wood-work, as on the vestry of… … 168 THE DECORATED STYLE. Timber Koofs of this period are comparatively scarce,although they are more common than is usually sup-posed ; but it is lamentable to observe how fast theyare disappearing: that of the hall of the abbey ofGreat Malvern, the finest example that existed in thiscountry, or…
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