Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial (1896)
Bonney, Thomas George, 1833-1923 · London : Cassell · leaf 36
nance of vertical lines in their designs—often unpleasing, even defeating itself, l^sv —^ T-^- ^ and causing a feeling of flatness in buildings of less elevation—pro-duces its full effect in one of theselofty structures. We may admirethe more ideal perfection of thespires of Salisbury or Chichester… … beckets crown. There is, perhaps, no cathedralin England of which the dis-tant view is more impressivethan that of Canterbury. Ithas not the advantages of situa-tion possessed by Durham orLincoln or Ely. Standing inthe open valley of the Stour,it is surrounded—though for-^tunately at a distance —…
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