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 212
ndthe head and jambs of thewindow to form a regular architrave : the effect can be seenin the windows at Wollaton, in Fig. 106. As this architraveprojected beyond the face of the wall, the window-sill wasbrought forward to receive it, as shown on Fig. 99. Theprojecting sill is supported at each end… … 99.—Window-sill at Wollaton Hall. WINDOW MOULDINGS. This treatment of windows involved a considerable amount oflabour and expense, and accordingly was not often adopted ;but the use of the architrave became general during theseventeenth century, after the mullioned window had givenway to sashes.
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