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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… large houses in well-timbered grounds. 6 The church spire, perhaps the most graceful in the county, is a … nave, aisles, south porch, and west tower with spire. The material is Barnack stone. A large church was … chapel, and south aisle were rebuilt and the porch and spire added. In the second half of the 15th century there was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… crowned by a leaded pyramidal cap, which replaces a lofty spire removed in 1753. There are angle buttresses with four …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of 1400. It is in the Romanesque style, with a tower and spire, and has a very handsome coloured eastern window: the … early English style, with a central tower surmounted by a spire, and contains monuments to the Chandler and Webb … octagonal turrets at the angles, and surmounted by a lofty spire, panelled in compartments, and richly ornamented. The …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… W. walls, a plain rectangular light. The slender octagonal spire of stone is of the same date as the tower and rises … but the other three are trefoiled. Near the top of the spire are four very small lights with gabled heads. The Roof …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and in 1942 a crashing RAF aeroplane struck the church spire. Less seriously, a civil defence exercise involving the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Virgin, 134 long admired for its elegant central tower and spire, 135 is built mostly of coursed limestone rubble; it … lancet windows at the belfry stage, and its stone broach spire, rising between lofty corner pinnacles, has on each … were carried out around 1609, when timber partly for the spire was stored in the church, and lime in the Resurrection …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… with cherub-heads. ConditionGood, except roof-covering of spire. Secular (2). Court Farm (Plate 24), house, 200 yards …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… tower rising from the intersection, and surmounted by a spire. There are places of worship for Independents, … of the same family: being seated on an eminence, its lofty spire forms a conspicuous feature in the surrounding country. … tower surmounted by a lofty and finely-proportioned spire; the prevailing character is a mixture of the Ionic and …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… dwellings. The church is dedicated to St. Leonard, has a spire and six bells, it is neatly pewed, and has a small viol …