A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1845)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford : J. H. Parker · leaf 297
ched with mouldings, carvings, and other orna-ments; good specimens exist on the church at Cirencester,Gloucestershire. Perpent-stone, ^|3cvpcnt)cr, ^pcrpgn, Fr. Pierres a deux pare-ntis, InAL.Diatoni, Ger. £)urd)btut)cr, 33infccfleinc: a large stonereaching through a wall so as to appear on both… … lSr:i^enosp Colk-; PERPENT-STONE— PEW. 281 stones, or ashlar; bonders also do not always reach through a wall. The term is still used in some districts; in Gloucester-shire, ashlar thick enough to reach entirely through a wall, andshew a lair face on both sides, is called Parping ashlar. Thisname…
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