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Winkles's architectural and picturesque illustrations of the cathedral churches of England and Wales (1836)

Winkles, Benjamin, Garland, Robert, Architect, Moule, Thomas, 1784-1851 · London : E. Wilson and C. Tilt · leaf 40

An illustration from Winkles's architectural and picturesque illustrations of the cathedral churches of England and Wales, 1836, leaf 40
spire; immediately behindthese, for the purpose of connecting the square tower with theoctagonal form of the spire, are four tasteful architectural ornamentsrising in pinnacles. At the base of the spire are also four openingscrowned with tabernacles. The walls of the tower of the church are about… … L I I i I I I . SALISBURY CATHEDRAL. 7 at their commencement; for a short height the thickness is reducedto two feet, and the upper part of the walls is five feet thick. Four arches are turned from the angles of the tower to receivefour sides of the superstructure. The spire, which is…

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