An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . 145. Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, 1440. The label-moulding is frequently filled with foliage,and the space round the arch panelled; the jambs PERPENDICULAR PORCHES. \J5 ornamented with shafts, and the spandrels filled withshields and foliage. The Porches are in general very fine, and highly. 146. All Saints, Stamford, Lincolnshire c. 1550 enriched with panel-work (146), buttresses, and pin-nacles ; open parapets, windows, and tabernacles withfigures, flanking the window or the outer arch, and 176 PERPENDICULAR BUTTRESSES. in the int
An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . 145. Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, 1440. The label-moulding is frequently filled with foliage,and the space round the arch panelled; the jambs PERPENDICULAR PORCHES. \J5 ornamented with shafts, and the spandrels filled withshields and foliage. The Porches are in general very fine, and highly. 146. All Saints, Stamford, Lincolnshire c. 1550 enriched with panel-work (146), buttresses, and pin-nacles ; open parapets, windows, and tabernacles withfigures, flanking the window or the outer arch, and 176 PERPENDICULAR BUTTRESSES. in the interior a richly groinedvault. Very fine examples ofthese porches are found in Nor-folk, Somersetshire, Devonshire,and Dorsetshire. The Buttresses are frequentlypanelled ( 147 ) ; they are notpedimented, but their set - offsare finished with a plain slope,and they are often terminatedby a pinnacle rising above theparapet. Flying buttresses arecommon. The Towehs in this style arefrequently extremely rich andelaborately ornamented, havingfour or five stories of large win-dows with rich canopies, pinna-cles, and tabernacles; double but-tresses at the angles, and richdeep open parapets, with pinna- 147. Divinity School, and crocketed turrets at the ° 1450- corners, having small flying or PaeUe*buttres8hanging pinnacles attached. These ve
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