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Old and New London
… selure y'set aloft, As a parliament-house ypainted about." Piers Ploughman. A Benedictine MonasteryThe Chapter HouseIts … one instance in which they met in the refectory to impeach Piers Gaveston, in the time of Edward II., but as a general …
Old and New London
… paid till some time after. In 1750 the top of one of the piers on the north side of the Abbey fell down, by …
Old and New London
… some of which are filled with stained glass, and from the piers between them spring the intersecting arches of the … about three feet below the pavement, the bases of three piers which formed part of the old abbey of Edward the …
Survey of London
… plan was to build a wooden superstructure on stone piers, but in 1739 the commissioners decided to have a bridge … of the river for the reception of the caissons, but the piers were built directly on to the soil and not on piles. … arches, all semi-circular. The breadth of the two middle piers, is 17 feet at the springing of the arches, and contain …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… and the S. gate (Plate 37) of the garden have square piers with moulded cappings; the early 18th-century …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… baths. At the south entrance of the harbour are the piers; two new quays have been erected of late years, and the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… the harbour. Although not separately described, both these piers appear to incorporate work of the early 19th century. A … 1815, is of four bays with square responds and octagonal piers with shallow moulded caps supporting plain round … four bays with moulded four-centred arches springing from piers each with four attached shafts having moulded caps and …