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Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy (1915)

Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge [Eng.] University Press · leaf 144

An illustration from Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy, 1915, leaf 144
Fig. 156. Fig. 157- The country-side is still full of timber spires, covered with oak shingles, which give a charm to many a rural village. Darenth That at Darenth is of the simplest type : a mere pyramid Merstham i^^S ^ 5^)- That at Merstham is a good example of the next form, where the square is… … \ ?T^ .■■/•^ T. G. J. S. MARYS, STAMFORD KETTON CH. xix] THE ENGLISH SPIRE 85 (Fig. 157). But there were also timber spires on a grandscale, like that which once crowned old S. Pauls, and thefine one covered with lead still existing at Sutton S. Mary.At Merstham the square of the tower is brought…

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