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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the substratum is oolite, under which in some parts is freestone, but at too great a depth to quarry for use. The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… windows have flat or shallow arched heads with radiating freestone voussoirs. Internal structures were of timber, … beneath a hipped roof, is of rendered stone rubble with freestone dressings and stone tile roof. As built, there was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the 1470s, when the churchwardens sold 36 ft. of freestone. 320 In the 16th century the borough still claimed …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the former indifferent, and the latter very superior; freestone is also abundant, of good quality for grindstones. … larch trees. The manorhouse, a handsome mansion of white freestone, erected in the 17th century, is beautifully …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Monuments: In chancelin recess in N. wall, (1) freestone effigy (Plate 126) of woman (possibly Joan, widow …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… built in 1588 by Sir Francis Willoughby, entirely of freestone brought from Ancaster, in the county of Lincoln, in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… like the church, of dark flint intermixed with freestone, and, towards the upper part, formed into elegant …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… parish. The walls are mainly of septaria with some re-used freestone in the rubble. The dressings are limestone. The …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… and some exposed foundations are of rubble and re-used freestone. There are indications of two projecting wings on …