Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford [etc.] Parker and Co. · leaf 76
tone quoins forthe corners which are necessaryfor square towers, and whichoften may not have been easy toprocure in districts where build-ing-stone has all to be imported.The same cause accounts for thefrequent and long-continued usein the same districts of flat bricksor tiles for turning the… … Norman Round Tower,Norwich. 66 THE NOKMAN PERIOD. The Bttttresses of this style were at first merely flatprojections wholly devoid of or-nament, and these are sometimescontinued in late work; but ingeneral, in late work there isa recess at the angle, in whicha small shaft is inserted; thestrings…
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