. An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . of, some-times not so much, the ridge of the original roof, asshewn by the weather-table on the face of the tower,being only just below the parapet. (See Penmon, 63.)These towers were intended to be, and without doubtoriginally were, covered by low wooden pyramidal roofs,resembling in appearancethose which we find insome parts of Normandyof the same period, thereexecuted in stone, on ac-count of the abundance ofthe material, the facilitywith which it is worked,and the skill of the work-men. When the towers are notplaced over the centre of
. An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . of, some-times not so much, the ridge of the original roof, asshewn by the weather-table on the face of the tower,being only just below the parapet. (See Penmon, 63.)These towers were intended to be, and without doubtoriginally were, covered by low wooden pyramidal roofs,resembling in appearancethose which we find insome parts of Normandyof the same period, thereexecuted in stone, on ac-count of the abundance ofthe material, the facilitywith which it is worked,and the skill of the work-men. When the towers are notplaced over the centre ofthe church, but at the westend, it is remarkable thatthe later ISTorman towers aremore massive and not solofty as the early ones, asat Lincoln, Jarrow, &c.,already described (p. 36).They are comparatively lowand heavy, sometimes di-minishing by stages, and 64. Bishops Cleeve, Gloucestershire,having buttresses of little Norman Turret, with panelling, and projection on the lower pyramidal Spire. parts. The belfry, or upper story, has frequently been. NORMAN ROUND TOWERS, 83 added in late JSormaii times upon the earlier belfry windows are generally double, and dividedby a shaft. Eaely Norman Turrets are very rarely to be metwith, but there are good examples at St. Albans; ata later period they are frequent as stair-turrets, buthave generally lost the original roof or capping: some-times, as at Iffley, and Christchurch, Hampshire, theydie into the tower below the corbel-table; in other in-stances, as at Eishops Cleeve (64) and Bredon, they arecarried up above the parapet and terminate in pinnacles;they are sometimes roundand sometimes square. The Round Towers whichare so abundant in Norfolkand Suffolk (65) are fre-quently of the Normanperiod; some may be earlier,and others are certainlylater; they are often so en-tirely devoid of all orna-ment or character, that itis impossible to say to whatage they belong. The towersthemselves are built of flint,and are built round to
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