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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… the W. end of the village. The walls are of pebble and stone rubble with dressings of Barnack and other limestones … full height of the building. The N. and S. fronts, on the ground-floor, each have two windows on either side of the … many are now blocked and the southernmost one on the ground-floor of the E. front is the only window retaining its …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… this part of Yelvertoft, much of it still surviving on the ground. In only two places is there a complete absence of … S.E. of this assumed manor house is an area of disturbed ground beyond which a narrow channel runs S.E. from the S.E. … survives. Ridge-and-furrow of these fields exists on the ground or can be traced on air photographs over most of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… and forms the upper portion of the parish, where the ground is bleak and mountainous, the inhabitants thinly … from whom he expected a hostile attack, he razed it to the ground. From that time it does not appear that it was ever … with advantage, employing several hundred persons; and a stone-quarry and two mills of small size are partially in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… of local rubble with dressings of Ham Hill and other local stone and the roofs are lead-covered. The Chancel was built … painted with the crowned initials Ihs in black on a white ground, alternating with white and red stars on discs; the … The front has two three-light transomed windows to the ground floor and three three-light windows to the first …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to superintend the erection of the strong wall of stone nearly 80 miles in length, which he ordered to be built … of 30,000, including the purchase of twelve acres of ground for parade, and for performing the different … temple of Diana, was rebuilt in the reign of Mary, and the ground of the churchyard, which had risen to an enormous …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… FUSTIC. OED earliest date of use: 1812 Found described as GROUND, of the growth of Cephalonia See also FUSTIC. Sources: …
Survey of London
… a cut string with carved brackets. The mantelpieces are in stone with keyed centres and generally agree with the example … early eighteenth-century date comprising two storeys above ground and basement with an attic in a tiled roof. The brick … of No. 10, York Buildings Condition of Repair. Very good. Ground Landlords. Nos. 6 and 7J. Allnutt & Co. Ltd.; No. 8R. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… below the eastern castle to form an extensive fishpond. Stone gates through the rampart were erected at Micklelith … this area had been occupied by a cemetery. 1 The Roman ground surface, about 30 ft. above sea level, was overlaid by … divided into three bays by pilasters; the windows of the ground floor had rounded pediments and the doorway had a …
Survey of London
… even with the Street) were made, and to be built of such stone as the Portico or Water-Gate at the River side is; and this was done on a Moorish Ground, whereon no New Building could stand any time without … Duchess also tried to expel Gerbier from his house on the ground that he was an alien, but the attempt seems to have …
Survey of London
… side from north to south, from "lez barres" there to the ground in the tenure of Thomas a Legh, 108 feet 11 inches; in … on the east 357 feet 9 inches; in the middle from the stone wall of the Archbishop of York's inn on the north to the ground of Thomas a Legh on the south 54 feet; and in width …