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Notes on Irish architecture (1875)

Dunraven, Edwin Richard Windham Wyndham-Quin, Earl of, 1812-1871, Stokes, Margaret, 1832-1900 · London, G. Bell and Sons · leaf 343

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ich, except in the case of the Saints Church in Lough Corrib.is always the stone found in the neighbouring district. Sandstone is the materialmost commonly used. The free working nature of this stone, rendering it peculiarly suitedto buildings which were to be enriched with sculptured ornament,… … Doorway of Church, White Island, Lough Derg. Ardfert, is fine-grained quartzose sandstone of a very durable nature, that used in St.Cronans Church, at Roscrea, and elsewhere, is coarse-grained, and easily disintegrateswhen exposed to the action of weather. Again, the primitive character of the…

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