Early renaissance architecture in England; a historical and descriptive account of the Tudor, Elizabethan, and Jacobean periods, 1500-1625, for the use of students and others (1914)
Gotch, J. Alfred (John Alfred), 1852-1942 · London, B. T. Batsford, ltd.; New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 172
d or cut and moulded. Asimple instance applied to a cottage is to be found at Steventon(Fig. 130), but there are plenty to be seen in different parts ofthe country, particularly in the west. In the more important houses the gables were not infrequentlycurved, especially in later times, that is to… … verge-w h i c h CURVED GABLES 133 which the Dutchman loved were much simplified by hisEnglish imitator. Some of the more ambitious efforts, suchas Wollaton, went near in their elaborate strap-work to rivalthe original models. A study of one of the corner pavilions(Fig. 131) will show how, not only…
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