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 98
a feelingof doubt creeps in as to whether we see here the originalarrangement unaltered. The hall, too, is of such a height asto embrace two tiers of windows, another most unusual treat-ment. In the ordinary way the windows would have beenmade lofty in proportion to the hall. If the existing… … 39.—Sutton Place, Surrey. Details (1523—25). obtain external symmetry. Apart from this point, the planadheres to the usual lines. The hall connects the two win^s, andthe sides of the court are formed by a series of small chambersapproached either throu^^h each other or from the outer air.The…
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