A guide to English Gothic architecture, illustrated by numerous drawings and photographs (1922)
Gardner, Samuel, 1856- · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 239
Plate No. CLXXVli. LOWICK CHURCH, NORTHANTS. BENCH ENDS, COMMONLYCALLED POPPY-HEADS, isth Century. P The name poppy-head is of doubtful origin. It may be derived from puppis, the poop of a ship. Thewood-carvers of the 15th and i6th centuries often carved bench-heads very elaborately with heads… … Plate No. CLXXVIIl. IGHTHAM MOTE HOUSE, KENT. c. 1375. P The eastern side of the quadrangle composing Ightham Mote House is the original building, dating fromearly in the 14th century. The oriel room shown above belongs to this block and was the Solaradjoining the Hall. The exterior has since been…
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