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 276
slope of theroof is of stone: it is high pitched, and the whole appears ofDecorated character. There remain a few roofs, which appear to be of Decoratedcharacter, that are open to the roof framing, and have a sortof panelled work in ogee quatrefoils in timber, between theprincipals, which have… … Bradeustoke Priory, or Clack Abbey, Wiltshire, c. 1320. e [Decorated timber roofs are not souncommon as they were supposed tobe when Mr. Kickman wrote. Manyexamples have been found in parishchurches, as well as in monastic anddomestic buildings. The example fromClack Abbey is perhaps one of thebest…
