A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 304
ties ofNorfolk and Suffolk are of all periods : the only ma-terials readily accessible being flints, and these not ad-mitting of square corners, the towers were built round,and this practice is continued even to the present day. Norman towers are generally square, and of ratherlow proportions,… … Little Saxham Chutch, Suffolk. carried up in a projecting turret attached to one of theangles; this is very commonly rectangular externally, butthe form is not unfrequently changed towards the top,especially if the turret is carried up the whole heightof the tower; occasionally polygonal Norman…
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