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A History of the County of Oxford
… the late 15th or early 16th century, partially blocking a tall central lancet in the west wall, and then or later the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the most notable piece of his work was the erection of the tall cupolas on the tops of the two staircase turrets, on the … rising above the lines of the parapet and crowned with the tall 17th-century cupolas erected by Sir Nicholas Shireburne. … with the exception of those to the great hall, are tall openings divided by double transoms and of three or more …
Old and New London
… me to sing, which I did to admiration. Rowland, a fine, tall old man, with strong features, very like his portrait, …
Old and New London
… whosoever had well viewed them might say that they, for tall and comely personages, and clean of limb and body, were … homes of England, How beautiful they stand! Amid their tall ancestral trees, All o'er the pleasant land." The …
Survey of London
… illustrations. This small building was surmounted by a tall, four-sided, weather-boarded turret fitted with 'a large …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… windows, pinnacled and decorated gables and dormers, tall chimneys, and a tower with two stages of decorative …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… pilasters and a horizontal entablature; over this rises a tall W. window with scrolled sides and a segmental hood on … in height with the stone quoin of the School House. The tall ground-floor windows have segmental arches of half … the 19th century and which contains the stairs, lit by a tall round-headed window. Internally the house has been much …
A History of the County of Oxford
… low roofs designed for the corner towers were changed to tall open lanterns. 91 Later costly additions to the plan … balls, and statuary. 5 Each corner tower carried four tall finials by Gibbons representing a reversed fleur-de-lys … north-east corner. In the centre of the east range was a tall entrance arch flanked by massive tapering pilasters, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… cascade was probably enlarged; its enclosure, formed by tall standing stones, was entered past a pivoted boulder, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… wings and central porch; at the apices of the gables are tall square chimneystacks. In the second and fourth bays and …