A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1902)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886, Spiers, Richard Phené, 1838-1916, Kerr, Robert, 1823-1904 · London, J. Murray · leaf 409
sequence of this, we find in England chapter-houses attachedto cathedrals even in early Norman times. These were generally rect- 390 ENGLISH ALCIIITECTURE. Tart II. angular rooms, 25 or 30ft. wide by about twice that extent in length.We can still trace their form at Canterbury and Winchester.… … Chapter-House, Salisbury. (Oath, lib.) intolerable. The earliest innovation seems to have been at Durham,where, in 1133, a chapter-house was commenced with its inner endsemicircular; but shortly after this, at Worcester, a circular chamberwith a central pillar was erected, and the design was so…
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