. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. iJOl UUHFIKLB. Kig. 1205. ST. , LVMK. 998 PRACTICE OF ARCIIITECTUIIE. Book 111. Ihe plintli. The arclies are very often decorated with the chevron, zigzag, and other Nor-man ornaments. The early English doorways have the same character as the windows of the period ; thesmaller ones are often recessed with columns, from which a pointed arch is twined witlia cnt moulding on it and a dripstone over it. The more important doors, liowever, aremos
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. iJOl UUHFIKLB. Kig. 1205. ST. , LVMK. 998 PRACTICE OF ARCIIITECTUIIE. Book 111. Ihe plintli. The arclies are very often decorated with the chevron, zigzag, and other Nor-man ornaments. The early English doorways have the same character as the windows of the period ; thesmaller ones are often recessed with columns, from which a pointed arch is twined witlia cnt moulding on it and a dripstone over it. The more important doors, liowever, aremostly in two divisions, sejiarated by a pier column, and with foliated heads. These aregenerally grouped under one arch, springing from clustered columns on each side, and thespace over the open-ings is filled in, anddecorated with a qua-trefoil, as in the door-way to the cliapter-house at Lichfuld{Jig. 1204,). Sculp-ture often occurs inthe arrangement. Thedoor to the chapel ofSt. Nicholas, at Lynn{fig. 1205.), is a cu-rious example of thelatter part of the de-corated period. , from Tattei-sliall Castle, Lincoln-colnshire, belongs to.
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