An introduction to English church architecture : from the eleventh to the sixteenth century (1913)
Bond, Francis, d. 1918 · London : H. Milford · leaf 453
n factnothing but a stone version of that type of timber spire which is to be seen atBosham (788). It has been held, indeed, that the timber broach spire is copied fromthe stone one ; bui it is inconceivable that a stone-mason could have evolved out ofhis own brain such a strange tlcsign as that of… … J. L, Icnmon, Anglesea Of these Illoxham spire rises from an octagon and is late in date. SPIRITS 929 therefore no parapet ; thai the sciiiinchcs or coiicciUric arch(rs inside the tower atits alleles, which support the obh(|U(; sides ol the spire, are covered with a broach or sl()j)ini4- pyramid of…
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