A guide to English Gothic architecture, illustrated by numerous drawings and photographs (1922)
Gardner, Samuel, 1856- · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 133
Plate No. LXVIII. BISHOPSTONE CHURCH PORCH, SUSSEX, ioth Century (.). S This porch is Saxon. Long-and-short work is seen in its quoin stones, and a Saxon sun-dial is over thedoorway. The doorway itself is a Norman insertion. The height of the porch and its general shapeand position suggest the… … Plate No. LXIX. COLCHESTER, TRINITY CHURCH DOORWAY, ioth Ce.ntlry(?). S This doorway is built entirely of Roman tiles, and is triangular headed. Other features in the sametower are Saxon in character. The projecting layers of tiles at the top of the jambs are copied fromRoman precedents, and should…
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