. An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . 28 TnE ELEVENTH CENTURY, obliquely and meeting in a point, whilst the jambs areformed either of single stones, or of long-and-short work,(13). Sometimesthe single windowsare mere rude open-ings in the walls,round-headed (12),and, in many cases,the arch is formedof tiles set edge-ways, forming atriangular head; insmall windows thehead is frequentlycut out of a singlestone, and often aframe-work ofsquare-edged stonesruns quite roundthe windo w; theopening is likewise,in many instances,wider at the bot-tom than at thetop. Another com-. Tower
. An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . 28 TnE ELEVENTH CENTURY, obliquely and meeting in a point, whilst the jambs areformed either of single stones, or of long-and-short work,(13). Sometimesthe single windowsare mere rude open-ings in the walls,round-headed (12),and, in many cases,the arch is formedof tiles set edge-ways, forming atriangular head; insmall windows thehead is frequentlycut out of a singlestone, and often aframe-work ofsquare-edged stonesruns quite roundthe windo w; theopening is likewise,in many instances,wider at the bot-tom than at thetop. Another com-. Tower, Sompting, Sussex. Of the Ang^lo-Saxon character, with long-and-mon feature is, that short work at the angles, and pilaster stripson the face. they are splayed on the outside as well as the inside, the window beingset in the middle of the wall; the opening widensboth outwards and inwards, as at Caversfield, Bucks.,(12), whereas in the windows of the later styles thewindow is usually placed near the outer face of the THE ANGLO-SAXON STYLE. 2g:
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