An introduction to English church architecture : from the eleventh to the sixteenth century (1913)
Bond, Francis, d. 1918 · London : H. Milford · leaf 326
arch or miilhonsand tracery brous^ht down on it still more ot the wei<4ht of the principal raftersand what they carried, and some support underneath was imperatively recjuiredif it was not to collapse. This support was given in the form of braces, springingbelow the wall-plate. Sometimes support… … J. L. Mobberley, Cheshire are curved, and Cirencester (805), where they are curved and cusped. Sometimeshowever, they were allowed to meet under the centre of the tie-beam, supportingit at precisely its weakest point, e.g., at Bere Regis, Dorset, where the carpenterhas put up such enormous braces…
Church architecture · Cathedrals
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