An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1900)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London : J. Parker · leaf 296
The example here given is perhaps rather an exceptional one thaa■what is usual, but for that very reason it indicates more ciearly the idea,and shews the marked difference in the recesses between an English anda French belfrv-tower of the same period. EARLY FRENCH TOWERS. 247 •without mouldings.… … 176. Versainvillp, c. 1250.Tower with saddle-back roof. finished. They arc sometimes terminated by squarepyramids hardly amounting to spires, but these belonggenerally to the earlier period; short octagonal spiresof wood, covered with slate or shingles, arc sometimes 248 EARLY FRENCH TOWERS. used,…
Architecture, Gothic
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