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 174
subsequent tothe main building operationsin 1570-75, and, as alreadystated, these gables were notimprobably added towardsthe close of the sixteenthcentury. One curious pointabout this front is the carewhich was taken to makethe quoins perfectly regularin size : in some cases where the quoin stone… … FicJ. 131.—Wollaton Hall Nottingham-shire. One of the Corner Towers(1588). CURVED GABLES 135 used, as in the courtyard at Rush-ton (Fig. 132), and it was sometimescombined with steps, as at Apethorpe(Fig. 133), the result being pictur-esque without being fussy. The dateof the example at Apethorpe…
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