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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… chancel and S. porch are tiled, that of a small chamber on the N. side of the chancel is of stone, and the other … heightened. The church is especially interesting on account of the 12th-century wall arcading in the chancel, … cross rib springing, on the S. side, from a small moulded impost. The N. wall, half the vault and the external roof of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… to a height of nearly 500 ft. It is almost entirely on Chalk. Within the boundary of the modern parish there were … Came, now only represented by Came House, and Cripton, on the site of the present Came Home Farm. Each of these had its associated strip of land stretching S. on to the Ridgeway. Until the 17th century Farringdon was a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… S. boundary of Dorchester across the South Winterborne and on to the N. slopes of the S. Dorset Ridgeway. It lies on Chalk. Winterborne Herringston, earlier known as … conjectural. Sir John formed the Great Chamber (Plate 191) on the first floor, partly out of the original hall and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… ST 80 SE) This parish has an area of 2,559 acres and lies on both sides of the Winterborne stream, at altitudes between … in a two-centred head; to the N. of the W. window, on the outside face of the tower, are two reset pieces of Ham … has a round-headed archway with a projecting keystone and impost blocks, and in the upper storey it has a small stone …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… lies across the valley of the South Winterborne, entirely on Chalk. To the S. it rises on the N. slopes of the S. Dorset Ridgeway and to the N. on to a level area bounded by the Dorchester-Bridport road. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… dying into the responds and the outer order continuing on the jambs. The Tomb Chamber (13 ft. square) was built to … window with an ashlar surround, with plain impost-blocks and keystone; the rear-arch has a moulded … with moulded ashlar architraves and plain keystones and impost-blocks. To the W., at a higher level and presumably …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… roughly triangular in plan and 848 acres in area, lies on Chalk and River Gravel, in the Winterborne valley, between … Ecclesiastical (1) The Parish Church of St. Mary stands on the E. side of the village. The walls are mainly of banded … and a moulded parapet string-course with a gargoyle on the W. The plinth and string-courses continue on the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… valley 4 miles W. of Dorchester. It is entirely on Chalk, capped in places with sands and gravels, and slopes … St. Mary (Plate 151) stands in the middle of the village on the S. side of the street. The walls are of Portland … 14th century. In the 15th century the nave was widened on the N. side and the West Tower was added. The North Porch …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… head. The nail-studded door has moulded fillets, planted on. The rest of the house has been entirely altered. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… (D.a.) (O.S. 6 in. XIV, N.W.) Wolferlow is a parish on the N.E. border of the county, 4 m. N. of Bromyard. The … The Nave (49 ft. by 16 ft.) retains some original facing on the N. wall, but most of the rest of the building has been … a modern window. The modern or re-built bell-turret stands on a 16th or 17th-century timber construction set in the …