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 78
ortheir situation, which strongly display the new spirit. Thatone of them was expressly made for William Sharington isproved by his initials and crest being part of its ornamenta-tion ; and as a skilful mason named Chapman was workingon the new buildings, it is just possible that he may havecarved… … 29.—Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire. Tower at South-EastCorner (between 1540 and 1553). WORK AT LACOCK ABBEY. 37 initials and crest; from this base rises a central pillar, againstwhich squat four figures of satyrs carrying baskets of fruit andfoliage upon which rests the table-top. The satyrs have…
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