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A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)

Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 313

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at Woodcroftand Longthorpe, Northamptonshire. Inthe Decorated style the use of transomsincreased, and examples of them in theunglazed openings of towers and spires are by no meansuncommon, as in the churches of Exton, Rutland ; St.Mary, Stamford; Kings Sutton, Northamptonshire, andSt. Mary, Oxford.… … Bampton, Oxon. SCransom. domestic buildings they were very generally adopted,doubtless from the conve-nience which they affordedfor the application of case-ments. At this period theywere introduced only oncein the height of the win-dow, and the lights wereusually arched and fea-thered beneath them.…

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