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A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1905)

Parker, John Henry, · J. Parker and Co., · leaf 137

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Incivil edifices there is c°ses«. °*f°ni- much greater diversity in the forms and architectural ar-rangements of gatehouses : sometimes they resemble plainsquare towers of rather low proportions, with a single turretcontaining a staircase, or with a turret at each of the frontangles, and… … (HfitEtamj) — (glaring. College, Maidstone, Kent; and sometimes they are plainbuildings without any particular architectural character.The entrance most commonly consists of a large archwayfor horses and carriages, and a smaller one by the sideof it for foot passengers, with strong doors at one…

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