An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1877)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford: J. Parker and Co. · leaf 53
d meeting in a point, whilst the jambs areformed either of single stones, or of long-and-short work,(13). Sometimesthe single windowsare mere rude open-ings in the walls,round-headed (12),and, in many cases,the arch is formedof tiles set edge-ways, forming atriangular head; insmall windows thehead… … Tower, Sompting, Sussex. Of the Ang^lo-Saxon character, with long-and-mon feature is, that short work at the angles, and pilaster stripson the face. they are splayed on the outside as well as the inside, the window beingset in the middle of the wall; the opening widensboth outwards and inwards, as…
Architecture, Gothic
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