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 99
so much towards comfort or economy as toward mag-nificence and display. No doubt comfort of a kind was aimedat, but people did not then require comfort as we understandit, and designers were not likely to be much in advance of theirclients. The sacrifices of common sense to architectural effectwere… … i I I I ■ I ■ I I I ■ Fig. 57.—Moreton Old Hall, Cheshire. Elevation of Entrance Gable. CHARACTERISTICS OF ELIZABETHAN DESIGN 65 fairly in touch with the hall, not, as in later days, when Palladianarchitecture was in vogue, located some hundreds of feet awayin a detached wing, connected by a curved…
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