A guide to English Gothic architecture, illustrated by numerous drawings and photographs (1922)
Gardner, Samuel, 1856- · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 74
rch 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 of timber, which had to be re-built soon after this photo-graph was… … Plate No. X. EXETER CATHEDRAL, WEST FRONT, c. 1360-1380. D The west front of Exeter contains the largest number of ancient statues of any English church afterWells. They are a century later than those of Wells, and lack the power and simplicity of the earlierwork. Some specimens are shown in PI.…
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