An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1877)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford: J. Parker and Co. · leaf 274
EARLY FRENCH. TOWERS. 247 without mouldings. . These towers are frequentlyplaced at tlie angles of the west front and of the>two transept fronts, but seldom rise much above thelevel of the roof, because they are often left un- … 176. Versainville, c. 1250.Tower with saddle-back roof. finished. They are sometimes terminated by squarepyramids hardly amounting to spires, but these belonggenerally to the earlier period; short octagonal spiresof wood, covered with slate or shingles, are sometimes 348 EARLY FRENCH TOWERS. used,…
Architecture, Gothic
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