Some account of domestic architecture in England, from Richard II to Henry VIII (1859)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford London, J. H. and J. Parker · leaf 341
r than the mass of the build-ing, but not otherwise distinguished from it by any pro-jection until they rise above the roof. There are two ofthese Wykeham towers at New College, Oxford, two atWinchester, one remaining at Windsor, and a few othersin different places, which may be distinguished by… … MEDIEVAL GATEHOUSES. 193 case-turret at one corner, the rest have buttresses reach-ing to the top. The proportions are massive, but it risesconsiderably above the roof of the buildings on each side.Two plainer examples occur at Crickhowell, Brecknock-shire, (called Forth Mawr,) and Itton Court,…
Architecture, Domestic
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