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An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1877)

Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford: J. Parker and Co. · leaf 54

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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… … wall, and splayed within only. The double windowsare either triangular-headed or round-headed, buttheir chief pecu- ,„|,| i liarity consists mthe divisions ofthe lights; theseare usually not di-vided by a pieceof masonry, butby a rude kind ofshaft, or baluster,set in the middleof the wall,…

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