An introduction to English church architecture : from the eleventh to the sixteenth century (1913)
Bond, Francis, d. 1918 · London : H. Milford · leaf 457
j;ain, thepathway needed to he protected ; so a parapet was built, that ladders set up againstthe spire might not slip. Altogether, the addition of a parapet was a great gainfrom the builders point of view, and moreover it afforded an excellent field forartistic treatment, being molded or carved,… … w. V. Oxford Cathedral possible to say where: the tower ends and the spire begins ; a criticism which isperhaps applicable to the otherwise charming spire of Bloxham, Oxon. From what has been said, it might be thought that spires with parapets didnot come into existence till long after spires with…
Church architecture · Cathedrals
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