A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 224
Roof: like that at Charxey, but much liohter as b.;ixg work of a skilled Constructor;HiGHAM Ferrers, XoRTHAiiPToxsHiRE; c. 1350. against the weather. In the few cases of ab-solutely incombustible constniction (see Fire-proofing) the slates or tiles are tied by leai.l wire covered with metal, which… … Roof: of Staiei TH KNIiiN Al^l;KV, LiXCOLXSHIRE: c. 1.370. to iron laths; or, the roof being filled up solidwith brick, terra cotta, or cement blocks, largesheets of copper, zinc, or lead may be nailedupon it, lapping over one another like slates,and left free at the lower end to allow for ex-363…
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