American churches ... A series of authoritative articles on designing, planning, heating, ventilating, lighting and general equipment of churches as demonstrated by the best practice in the United States (1915)
Cram, Ralph Adams, 1863-1942, Baker, James McFarlan · New York, The American architect · leaf 27
rches which em-ploy pews. Generally speak-ing, pews are very fatal tothe effect of a church. Perhaps the most daringand remarkable developmentof mediaeval refinement wasthe construction of facadeswith a forward inclination.The known instances are notnumerous and they occuronly in churches of the… … FIG. 10. LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL. Curve in plan of the roof parapet, north side: about 15inches deflection in a length of about 112 feet. This obvi-ously constructive curve, which also appears on the southside, is connected with the construction of the interior widen-ing refinement. See Fig. 9.…
Church architecture · Church decoration and ornament
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