. An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . 65. Little Saxham, Tower. are necessary for square towers, and which often may 84 NORMAN BUTTRESSES, not have been easy to procure in districts where build-ing-stone has all to be imported. The same cause ac-counts for the frequent and long-continued use in thesame districts of flat bricks or tiles for turning thearches over the doors and windows, which are either ofEoman manufacture, or an imitation of the same form. The Buttresses of this style were at first merely flatprojections (66) wholly devoid of ornament, and these.

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. An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . 65. Little Saxham, Tower. are necessary for square towers, and which often may 84 NORMAN BUTTRESSES, not have been easy to procure in districts where build-ing-stone has all to be imported. The same cause ac-counts for the frequent and long-continued use in thesame districts of flat bricks or tiles for turning thearches over the doors and windows, which are either ofEoman manufacture, or an imitation of the same form. The Buttresses of this style were at first merely flatprojections (66) wholly devoid of ornament, and these. 66. Iffley, Oxfordshire. 67. Glastonbury Abbey, c 1180. Flat Norman Buttress. are sometimes continued in late work; but in general,in late work there is a recess at the angle, in which NORMAN BUTTRESSES. 85 a small shaft is inserted; the strings are sometimes con-tinued round the buttresses and sometimes stop short atthem, but in the latter case the buttresses have gene-

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