An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1881)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford and London, Parker and co · leaf 109
When the towers are notplaced over the centre ofthe church, but at the westend, it is remarkable thatthe later Norman towers aremore massive and not solofty as the early ones, asat Lincoln, Jarrow, &c,already described (p. 36).They are comparatively lowand heavy, sometimes di-minishing by… … NORMAN ROUND TOWERS. 83 added in late Norman times upon the earlier towers.The belfry windows are generally double, and dividedby a shaft. Early Nqeman Tureens are very rarely to be metwith, but there are good examples at St. Albans; ata later period they are frequent as stair-turrets, buthave…
Architecture, Gothic
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