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 /by the late Thomas Rickman (1881)
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 · London : Parker and Co. · leaf 211
60 HISTORICAL NOTICE*. St. Hugh has long had the reputation of having been a great builderof churches, and it is recorded that he assisted in the work of hiscathedral with his own hands, probably in order to excite the enthu-siasm of the people ; but it is certain that he was not the architect… … UUolua,! V»luli.i/W, luiiCUili CitUlbdlcti, C. liii.0e. English builders, not being accustomed to stone vaults, did not buildthe walls strong enough to carry them. AtWitham the present churchwas originally one of the two chapels which the rule of the Cistercianorder required, and as this was the…
