A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 269
Walmgate, York 260 … up to a great height. It is doubtful whether any verydecided approach towards a spire was made till a con-siderable time after the in-troduction of the Normanstyle : at this period spireswere sometimes adoptedboth on turrets and towers,and were generally madeto correspond with them intheir plan.…
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