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The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… and has a porch on the south side, on which is placed a stone cross. A degree of sanctity appears to be still … of a later period. It contains a good octangular font of stone. There was formerly a chapel of Our Lady here, and …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… restored. The two lower stages of the tower, divided by a stone string, date from the 12th century and are built of … side. On each face is a round-headed window with curious stone tracery consisting of a flattened circle above two … in 1767. The rebuilding was carried out in red brick with stone buttresses and dressings, and was in an 18th-century …
Old and New London
… were at once begun, and the palace was newfronted with stone. Flitcroft is said to have drawn for the Prince, in …
Survey of London
… 28 In that year the prince purchased 13 houses west of Stone Cutters Court (marked on the plan reproduced on p. 71) … including the refacing of the garden front with stone, were effected by Flitcroft, while Kent improved the … final stage. It comprised two storeys and had a rusticated stone face completed with a modillion cornice surmounted by a …
Survey of London
… of their faades, which are maintained at a uniform stone colour by periodical paintings. The end house to each … to a greater height than its neighbours and faced with stone. Its increased height led to questions being raised in …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… and placed on a granite pedestal. Carmarthen bridge is a stone structure of seven arches, surmounted with an iron … of the same order. In the centre is a grand flight of stone steps, leading through the middle compartment of the … in South Wales and the county of Monmouth. The foundation stone of the building was laid by the Bishop of St. David's …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… the foundations, &c., of other buildings; and a singular stone shaft, thought by some to have formed a granary for the … and in particular from an eagle finely sculptured in stone by a Roman artist, and brought from the ancient … adjacent to the mountains are scattered immense masses of stone, the removal of which, a process that can only be …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Maidens," popularly said to have been girls turned into stone for dancing upon a Sunday. Carperby CARPERBY, a … called Queen Ann Boleyn's Well; it is arched over with stone, and kept in good repair. A calico-printing … of modern and handsome appearance, are in general built of stone, rough-cast and white-washed. The environs abound with …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… to settle the dispute between Bruce and Baliol, built a stone castle near the church; and the manor and parish … site of a Druidical temple, on a hill here, called Nine-Stone Ridge; and in the castle, Sir Alexander Ramsay, of … to the valuable quarries of Castlehill, of which the stone is known by the name of Caithness pavement. A church …
A Dictionary of London
… Derivation of name : The alley passed through a large stone house called "the Castle" (S. 194), of which part was …