Winkles's architectural and picturesque illustrations of the cathedral churches of England and Wales (1836)
Winkles, Benjamin · London : E. Wilson ; Charles Tilt · leaf 139
ed turrets risingabove the parapet are cleverly inserted, so as to display three oftheir sides outwardly, which relieve the octagon of some part ofits heavy appearance. As soon as th6 south wing of the transept is passed, a successionof deeply projecting buttresses and a crowd of crocketted… … THE EAST ENT ELY CATHEDRAL. 51 plain solid masonry sloping from the top to the bottom, they wouldhave been equally useful; but in that case all the external appear-ance would have been sacrificed to the beauty of the interior: toobviate this the buttress is first of all broken into three or…
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