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 159
r ofthe house itself,which is reachedafter crossing thecourt. The door-way generallyformed part of asomewhat elabo-rate piece of orna-ment, for, however simple (and sometimes even monotonous)the general treatment of the house was, the front doorwas made handsome. At Doddington, in Lincolnshire,… … 64.—Porch at.Chelvey Court, Somerset (cir. 1640). 84 THE PORCH. which, although sometimes only one storey in height, as atChelvey Court, in Somerset (Fig. 64), was usually higher, andwas frequently carried up the full height of the building. Itis round these doors that we find pronounced classic…
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