An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1877)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford: J. Parker and Co. · leaf 108
the parapet and terminate in pinnacles;they are sometimes roundand sometimes square. The Round Towers whichare so abundant in Norfolkand Suffolk (65) are fre-quently of the Normanperiod; some may be earlier,and others are certainlylater; they are often so en-tirely devoid of all orna-ment or… … 65. Little Saxham, Suffolk.Round Tower. are necessary for square towers, and which often may 84 NORMAN BUTTRESSES, not have been easy to procure in districts where build-ing-stone has all to be imported. The same cause ac-counts for the frequent and long-continued use in thesame districts of flat…
Architecture, Gothic
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