Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial (1896)
Bonney, Thomas George, 1833-1923 · London : Cassell · leaf 225
undred years later. Thegraceful combination of pinnacles and spire lights at the foot of the south-westspire is, as a work of art, the most beautiful thing to be seen in Peterborough.But glorious as is this western front, it has some blemishes, detected at once bythe artistic eye. The central gable… … THE WEST FRONT. whole, built without any buttress on the west, is manifest. This has been inpart remedied by the erection of an inner porch witli a room above (now thelibrary), which clearly improves the stability of the central arch. This arch isnarrower than the others, but the gables above have…
Cathedrals · Church architecture · Abbeys
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