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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… is of somewhat later date. The moulded bases of the piers and arch jambs throughout the church at Westbury are of … is of two bays only, but is wide and clerestoried. The piers of the crossing rest on massive polygonal bases, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and the east and west responds have the form of half-piers. The first pier (supporting the north-west corner of … last the inner order of the west arch of the tower. All piers and responds have Ionic bases tending towards the … modern north arcade is of four bays of equal width, the piers being copies of the second pier on the south side, and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… church is of five bays separated from the aisles by square piers with panelled Doric pilasters of wood on each face of the piers and on the corresponding face of each respond; they … are Corinthian pilasters supporting an architrave. The two piers on the W. wall of the nave support a semi-circular arch …
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 …