The English house, how to judge its periods and styles (1909)
Sparrow, Walter Shaw, 1862- · New York, J. Lane Co. · leaf 214
e gables, too, quite simpleand unaffected, yet varied and full of character.They have a more stately look than the fanci-ful gables which came into vogue during thesixteenth century, and were carried on by ourso-called Queen Anne style, not only beforethat queens time, but long after. Step-gables,… … The Gatehouse, Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk. Perpendicular Gothic. See page 142. LATER GOTHIC HOMES 141 are not broken by corbie-steps nor twisted intocurves; they have simple outlines, like those atGreat Chalfield. Their proportions vary a gooddeal, being regulated by the differing slope ofroofs. In the…
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