An introduction to English church architecture : from the eleventh to the sixteenth century (1913)
Bond, Francis, d. 1918 · London : H. Milford · leaf 478
or arrises of the s[)ire were lelt plain, es[jeciall\ in earlybroach spires ; e._<^., at I^itrin^ton (949) ; at a distance, however, the octaj^onal |>lanof such a spire is difficult to realise ; rather it looks circular. So, (juite early, thearrises were emphasis(;d hy a tiny roll or bead,… … (;. 11. Hemingbrough, Yorkshire arris was L;iven a band of crockets, which had the practical value that they provideda .series of steps by which a steeplejack could ascend to the weather-cock when itgot jammed. At llrst the crockets were set rather close, as at Grantham (936) ; I5eadecl pinnacles…
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