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A History of the County of Oxford
… 1841 142 indicates that the building was either a double pile or had a rear wing, but the rear part has been replaced …
A History of the County of Sussex
… against a rusticated surround. The plan is double-pile with four very tall chimneystacks along the side walls …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… The state of incompletion in which we find this noble pile has an easy solution in the ruin of Bury Abbey, which … distinguished by richly moulded brick-work, and the entire pile is lofty, imposing, and well constructed. [Roos Hall] …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… once belonged to the Blenkinsopps, consisting of a grey pile of towers, with modern additions made in good taste by …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the kings of England,the vast and magnificent pile of Windsor Castle; and there are also many seats of the … upper part is used as a gaol. The whole forms a stately pile of fine hewn stone, and is surmounted with a lofty …
Old and New London
… recent destruction of this last remnant of the monastic pile. In a drawing made of the remains of the Abbey in 1679, … of factories and warehouses, in a large and picturesque pile, with its stately church, fitted in every way for the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… upper part is used as a gaol. The whole forms a stately pile of fine hewn stone, and is surmounted with a lofty …