An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1881)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford and London, Parker and co · leaf 56
11. Tower, Sompting, Sussex. Of the Anglo-Saxon character, with long-and-mon feature is, that short w°rk 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,… … wall, and splayed within only. The double windowsare either triangular-headed or round-headed, buttheir chief pecu-liarity consists inthe 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, and supporting…
Architecture, Gothic
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