An introduction to English church architecture : from the eleventh to the sixteenth century (1913)
Bond, Francis, d. 1918 · London : H. Milford · leaf 436
whatunhappy effect a string-course is ruled across theupper window, and solid battlements are substitutedfor a pierced coronal. Shepton Mallet, Somerset (906).—This toweris of great importance, for in the opinion ofDr V. J. Allen, it is the earliest of the triple-window towers ; and from its design… … Chewton Mendip, Somerset With a view to a sijire, the buttresses were given great ])rojection, and consequently there are very effective shadows. In the upper 912 KXGLISIl CHURCH ARCIHTl.CI CRl. portion of the buttresses is a reminiscence of tlic buttresses of Harewells tower in thecathedriil : w c…
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