An introduction to English church architecture : from the eleventh to the sixteenth century (1913)
Bond, Francis, d. 1918 · London : H. Milford · leaf 473
i^ w. Whittlesea, Cambb. 947 948 ENGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE The difference between the early spire design of England and Normandy may bedue to a difference of origin. In P^ngland the earliest spires no doubt were of wood,and a great number of them were built on the low towers of parish churches.… … K. B St. .Marv Kedcliffe, Bristol spires of stone were attempted, ^.;>-.. in Oxford cathedral and Warmington, theynaturally copied the proportions of \ illage steeples. But in Normandy the greatspires of St. Stephen, Caen, shew no sign of a timber origin ; their origin is not SIIRICS 949
Church architecture · Cathedrals
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