Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford [etc.] Parker and Co. · leaf 180
wooden vaults of War-mington and the cloisters of Lincoln have been alreadymentioned; those of the nave of York Minster andWinchester Cathedral are also of wood only. At Kid-dington, Oxfordshire, is a good example of a Decoratedtimber-roof of an ordinary parish church. At Kid- DECOKATED ROOFS. 169… … Kiddington, Oxon, c. A.D. 1350. them ornamental also, as they were formerly. ThePuritan fashion of plain whitewashed plaster ceilingscaused a natural prejudice against ceilings altogether,which has been carried too far. These were intro- 170 THE DECORATED STYLE. duced in the seventeenth century,…
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