An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1900)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London : J. Parker · leaf 105
d over the centre of the church, but at the west end, it is remarkable that the later Norman towers are more massive and not so Ipfty as the early ones, as at Lincoln, Jarrow, &c., already described (p. 36). They are comparatively low and heavy, sometimes di- ,.,j minishing by stages, and 64,… … liiiifi!^ N0R3IAN ROUND TOWERS. 83 added in late Norman times upon tlie earlier towers.The belfry windows are generally double, and dividedby a shaft. Early Norjian Turrets are very rarely to be metwith, but there are good examples at St. Albans; ata later period they are frequent as stair-turrets,…
Architecture, Gothic
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