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 231
Rain-Water Heads. Attention should be drawn to another feature of which nothinghitherto has been said, but which was one of the recognizedmeans of obtaining effect—namely, the rain-water pipes. These Plate XXXVII. … BLICKLING HALL, NORFOLK (1619-20). PART OF ENTRANCE FRONT. LEAD RAIN-WATER HEADS. 131 necessary adjuncts to a buildin: have ceased to play theimportant part which once they did; they are still tolerated,because they cannot be abolished, but they are only admittedgrudgingly and of necessity. In the…
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