An introduction to English church architecture : from the eleventh to the sixteenth century (1913)
Bond, Francis, d. 1918 · London : H. Milford · leaf 447
, Norfolk(921): the date of the latter is said to be 1450. (r.) Sometimes the eight sides of the spire descend straight to the tower; e.g.,Chesterfield, Harrow, and St. Margaret, Lowestoft (2) ; when the tower is octagonakas at Wickham Market, .Suffolk (920), the effect is not unpleaslng. Of this… … 1-. v.. Weobley, Hereford sriRi.s 923 timber spire of Sutton St. Mary (924) is a remarkable variant, for at th(; angles ithas lofty pinnacles ; this spire may belong- to the early years of the thirteenthcentury. It is 150 ft. hij^h ; the pinnacles are inclined inward; at the top is apommel or bowl…
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