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 363
in which it is evident that considerable effect wasaimed at. The plans varied, of course, according to the dis-position of the rooms to be reached ; the chief characteristics BALUSTERS AND NEWELS. igr were simplicity of construction and massiveness of effect.In the less important houses the work… … 179.—Staircase at Benthall Hall, Shropshire. the turning, and while many of the outlines are rather clumsy,many of them also exhibit considerable subtlety and refine-ment. To increase the richness of effect the newels wereornamented either with carving, or with a pattern contrivedby sinking the…
Architecture, Renaissance · Architecture
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