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A guide to English Gothic architecture, illustrated by numerous drawings and photographs (1922)

Gardner, Samuel, 1856- · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 73

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the Chapter House, with one of its flying buttresses. The central tower, called the Tom Tower, isperhaps the finest Gothic tower in existence. The upper portion is Decorated (14th century) work. Itused to be capped by a spire which was considerably higher than the Salisbury Spire, and, as the… … Plate No. IX. XORTHOLl CHURCH, .MIDDLESEX, c.1250. EE This little church shows windows with Geometric tracery, and 13th century buttresses. The masses ofmasonry built on either side of the west window are modern constructions to prevent the church fromslipping down the hill. The tower and spire are…

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