Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford [etc.] Parker and Co. · leaf 74
capping;sometimes, as at Iffley,and Christchurch, Hamp-shire, they die into thetower below the corbel-table ; in other instances,as at Bishops Cleeveand Bredon, they arecarried up above theparapet and terminatein pinnacles; they aresometimes round andsometimes square. At St. Cross, Winches-ter,… … 64 THE NORMAN PERIOD. Norman Central Towers are very low and massive,seldom rising more than a square above the roof, some-times not so much, the ridge of the original roof, asshewn by the weather-table on the face of the tower,being only just below the parapet. These towers wereintended to be, and…
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