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An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1861)

Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J.H. and J. Parker · leaf 178

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The timberroofs of churches of this style are not generally so fineas those of halls. There are, however, many very goodspecimens of Decorated roofs remaining in churches, asat Adderbury, Oxfordshire, Eaunds, Northamptonshire,and several others in that neighbourhood. It should be observed that what… … 136. Sparshoit, Berkshire, c. 1350. These inner roofs, or wooden ceilings, are sometimes ofprecisely the same form as stone vaults, which are, infact, ceilings of another kind. The vaults of Warming-ton and the cloisters of Lincoln have been already men-tioned ; those of the nave of York Minster…

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