An attempt to discriminate the styles of architecture in England : from the Conquest to the Reformation : with a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders (1862)
Rickman, Thomas, 1776-1841, Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884, Le Keux, John Henry, 1812-1896, Cattermole, George, 1800-1868, Mackenzie, Frederick, 1787 or 8-1854, Jewitt, Thomas Orlando Sheldon, 1799-1869, Starling, William Francis, Hacker, C., 19th cent, Carter, James, 1798-1855, Wilkinson, W. S, Smith, C. B · Oxford ; London : John Henry and James Parker · leaf 443
in Lancashire, in which the date is cut in such a wayas to preclude any doubt of its being done at the time;and the date is corroborated by armorial bearings carvedon the same work; this date is 1663, a time at which allidea of executing good English work in stone seems tohave been lost. Many…