An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1881)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford and London, Parker and co · leaf 111
6,5, Little Saxham, Suffolk.Round Tower. 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 bricks or tiles for turning thearches over the doors… … 66. iffley, Oxfordshire. 67. Glastonbury Abbey, c 1180. Flat Norman Buttress. are sometimes continued in late work; but in general,in late work there is a recess at the angle, in which NO EM AN BUTTRESSES, 85 a small shaft is inserted; the strings are sometimes con-tinued round the buttresses and…
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