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An introduction to English church architecture : from the eleventh to the sixteenth century (1913)

Bond, Francis, d. 1918 · London : H. Milford · leaf 412

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ature vaulting, onall the faces of the towers and at all stages,except the belfries ; they may even be foundin the parapets; they are often supported by characteristic foliage in low reliefor by angels with outspread wings; once they were peopled with statues, whichstill remain at Isle Abbotts and… … Brentingby, Leicester 888 KXGLLSII CHURCH ARCHITECTURE cornices of parapets,- particularly at the angles, and sometimes in the string-courses. A characteristic is the paucity of the diagonal buttresses common in East Anglia,a pair of buttresses being provided at each corner of the tower; sometimes…

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