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 215
ioo.—A Northamptonshire Cottage. GABLES AND FINIALS. 117 one or two of these features (Fig. 101). Even where there was nofinial, the mere fact of the apex of the coping projecting above theline of the ridge produced a point that showed against the sky, … 101.—Stone Finials and Kneelers. and helped towards the general picturesqueness of effect. Insome of the more important houses the finials were worked
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