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 361
two main flights are connected by a shorter oneacross the landing. The date of this staircase is not quite certain, but it probablybelongs to thework which wasbeing done aboutthe year 1556.The idea of stonevaulted stairs,however, did notobtain any hold inEngland, andthere are very fewexamples to… … 174.—Staircase from East Quantockshead, Somerset. i88 CONSTRUCTION OF STAIRCASES. The principle upon which these wood staircases were con-structed may be compared to that of the ladder, where thesides of the ladder are replaced by deep and comparativelynarrow pieces of wood called strings, and the…
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