A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 165
ary at Oxford, his best building, was laidJune 16, 1737. It was built from a fund of£40,000, left by John Radclifle, M.D. Gibbssbooks and drawings are preserved at Oxford.He published A Book of Architecture contain- 252 GIBLET CHECK ing designs b>i James Gihbs, 1 vol. folio, 1728;Tlie Rules for… … GiBBs, James: Church of S. JtART le Strand,London; the Spire; c. 1717. GIBLET CHECK ; CHEEK. In someBritish dialects a large reV)atc in the jamb andlintel of a doorway made to receive the doorwhen shut, so that it shall be flnsh with theftice of the wall, the door being arranged toopen outward.…
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