An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture (1900)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London : J. Parker · leaf 50
earned overthe surface of thetower in tjje mannerof a framework of tim-ber, as in the tower ofEarls Barton, (10).This framework isevidently intendedto bind together therude masonry of thewalls, and gives anidea of their havingbeen imitated fromtimber-buildings.Each side of thetower of… … mode in which most long-and-f-hort work at the corners, andthe pilaster strips, or an imitation of■wooden construction in stone, which hasof the towers were ^^^^ called stone carpentry. terminated originally, as the parapets of all the otherexamples known of this character are comparativelyrecent.…
Architecture, Gothic
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