A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1905)
Parker, John Henry, · J. Parker and Co., · leaf 268
way to the spire As the Marly Englishstyle arose, considerablygreater elevation was givento spires, although theywere still very frequentlyless acute than they after-wards became, as at Ky- & s^bar? cath^i, <-. k**.tm. * 7. SC.Marys Church, Ch.cLttiDhA.oi, c. i.v.LKK). 1* Turnt. St-PcKrfl… … %frf. 261 t hail, Rutland; Bam act and Ringstead, Northampton-shire; and Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford- With theexception of a few rare examples, spires at this periodwere always octagonal, andwhen placed on squaretowers, the angles of thetower not covered by thebase of the spire were oc-cupied…
