A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 599
or solid.Hence, the term is used to qualify any stairreturning sharply on itself so as to leave nowell, as a dog-legged stair. HoUoTw Ne-wel. The newel or central shaftof a winthng stair when constiiicted as a hollowcylinder, as sometimes in circular masonry stairs.Sometimes erroneously applied to… … NEWEL AT TOP OF STAIRCASE, BUILDING OF LOUIS XII., IN THE CHATEAU, BLOIS, FRANCE; ABOUT 1300 A.D.Thisnewel is a massive compouud pier and carries the vaultiug of the roof. 1029 .1030 NEWEL POST stairease of the chateau of Chambord. Here,tlie space inside the newel is occupied at itsiipiiev end by a…
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