A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 270
uction which is distinguished in some districts by the termBroach, the name of Spire being confined to such struc-tures as have gutters and parapets round their bases.Fine examples of spires of this date exist in Normandy,and at Bampton and Witney, Oxfordshire, and variousother places. During the… … Ringslead, c. 1300. 262 and Crick, Northamptonshire. Decorated spires did notdiffer materially from EarlyEnglish spires, except inthe character of the detailsand the amount of enrich-ments, which now began tobe introduced in profusion:crockets were often carvedon the angles, as at Caythorpe,and…
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