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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… is a 13th-century lancet-window, and on the gable is a stone bell-cote with two trefoil-headed openings and a gabled … early 14th-century. Churchyard Cross: S. of chancel square stone base with socket for shaft, on larger octagonal … is exposed and re-used on the S.W. side is a moulded jamb-stone of a fireplace. Inside the building are some exposed …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the soil, which is a strong clay, is fertile, and near the river the scenery is picturesque. The chapel is a neat … of the Ten-foot coal in operation, and several quarries of stone of good quality for building. The village is … who have large depots in Manchester and Liverpool: the stone obtained from them has been used in many public and …
A History of the County of York
… not known whereabouts in the choir this stood. The massive stone choir screen, constructed between 1475 and 1505, was … its present position and not immediately in front of the stone altar screen. Behind the altar was a wooden screen, … at each end', leading into the space between it and the stone screen; on top of it was a music gallery. 37 The cult …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… scarp below which is the wooded valley of the E. Corfe river on Wealden Beds around 150 ft. above O.D. As elsewhere … included some of the principal medieval sources of Purbeck stone and marble. The local stone is generally used for walls and roofs giving the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… was built to the design of George Truefitt, 43 and is of stone. 44 At first it comprised an apsidal chancel and nave, … of the vicar of Holy Trinity. 75 It is of flint and stone in Gothic style and consists of a nave with baptistry, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 1830s seaweed was collected for manure, as well as white stone which when burnt yielded good quality lime; 7 the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… houses in Chapel Road; a new town hall, of pink brick and stone in classical style, was built on the site of two of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… another stream rises under the hill, and runs into the river Arun. There are considerable woods of oak, ash, beech, … The liberty is of great extent, stretching from the river Char to the Axe, which separates the counties of Devon … The church is a small ancient edifice; it had originally a stone tower, which has been replaced by a belfry-turret of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… W. wall is a modern doorway with a square head formed by a stone lintel, diapered on the face, and of the 12th century, … aislein modern recess at W. end, (1) recumbent effigy, in stone, of lady in ruff and close-fitting head-dress, etc., … on W. wall, on modern brackets (2) small kneeling figures, stone, man in plate armour, puffed cuisses and ruff, woman …