Early renaissance architecture in England; a historical & descriptive account of the Tudor, Elizabethan & Jacobean periods, 1500-1625, for the use of students and others (1901)
Gotch, J. Alfred (John Alfred), 1852-1942 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 220
n the years 1580 and 1588,and the gables may therefore be taken as dating from 1588 :the date of the west front of Kirby is not recorded, butfrom the character of the work it may very well have beensubsequent to the main building operations in 1570—75, and,as already stated, these gables were not… … 107.—Kirby Hall, NoRTHAMPxoNSHrRE. Part ok West Front (possibly 1595). was larger than the regulation size, the overplus was slightlysunk, and then scored with false joint-lines to match those ofthe adjacent rubble. There was a simpler type of curved gable which was freelyused, as in the courtyard…
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