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Survey of London
… the north range) had originally been constructed of oak timbers, with post and panel walls to the first floor, … below first-floor level the brick walls were capped with oak plates measuring roughly 8 inches in width by 7 inches in … of the elm floor boards, which were laid over them. The oak floor joists, which spanned from the secondary binders to …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… evidences the contemporary rise of such deciduous trees as oak, lime, elm, and alder to the detriment of pine and birch …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Windmill Field in 1820. 73 Unknown FINSBURY Rahere Street: carved stone head of a man found in 1936. 74 G.M. FULHAM … 'Samian' ware and mortaria. Charcoal fragments of local oak and ash indicate the fuel used to fire the clay, which … classical'. 5 L.M. ISLINGTON Caledonian Road (?): two carved Roman grave or memorial stones found in 18th and 19th …
Survey of London Monograph
… All the chief rooms on this floor have fireplaces with carved overmantels, in stone, plaster or wood. An important … years; George Alexander had put some of his prices for oak carving up by ninety per cent. Knott recommended that the … months after approval for his increased fee, he had only carved one-and-a-half groups, and still had one to finish. …
Survey of London Monograph
… bridge when the roadway was diverted (cf. p. 48). When the oak architrave and fanlight shown in Plate 37 were removed to … enriched beams of the ceiling, are of pine. The frieze is carved with a wave pattern, the soffits of the beams with a … gratifying results in the summer of 1935: the whole of the carved enrichment was found to be gilded, against a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… of the 15th century. The principals are moulded, and have carved bosses at their intersections; at their feet are carved angels playing lutes, harps, etc., and the nave … now blocked, with moulded frame, can be seen inside. The oak ceiling beams, the original staircase, and many oak doors …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… and shafted jambs and two-centred arch, enriched with carved heads and foliage; the arch has a square head with a moulded label and spandrels carved with mutilated figures of Adam and Eve and a … with crowned lions on foliated brackets and spandrels carved with figures of St. George and the Dragon. Above the …
Survey of London
… room contained a continued chimneypiece of wood finely carved, and an ornamental plaster ceiling of Palladian … flights, finished with moulded strings, panelled newels, carved balusters and a moulded handrail. There were six-panelled doors with carved mouldings to all the ground-, first- and second-floor …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… 1439, and formerly on an altar tomb. Chest: In W. tower of oak, front panels and framing with incised ornament, … and trefoiled head, projecting fluted basin resting on carved grotesque head, 14th-century. Plate: includes cup of … restored; over it is a massive early 16th-century beam, carved with foliage, dragons, grotesques, etc. and said to …