An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . y Abbey, c. corbel-table. and less bold, as at Notley Abbey, Bucks. (109), until,in the succeeding style, this feature is altogether mergedin the cornice mouldings. The Fronts of Early English buildings before theintroduction of tracery, and consequently before the useof large windows, have a very peculiar appearance,very different from those of the preceding or succeedingstyles. In small churches a common arrangement is tohave either three lancet windows, or two with a but-tress between them; but in both cases there is frequ
An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . y Abbey, c. corbel-table. and less bold, as at Notley Abbey, Bucks. (109), until,in the succeeding style, this feature is altogether mergedin the cornice mouldings. The Fronts of Early English buildings before theintroduction of tracery, and consequently before the useof large windows, have a very peculiar appearance,very different from those of the preceding or succeedingstyles. In small churches a common arrangement is tohave either three lancet windows, or two with a but-tress between them; but in both cases there is frequentlyover them a quatrefoil or small circular window foli-ated, or sunk panels of the same form, but not piercedas windows. In large buildings there are frequentlytwo or three tiers of lancet windows, and a rich cir- EARLY ENGLISH FRONTS. cular window in the gable above. Many smallparishchurches of this style have east or west fronts deservingattention; in the east front there is most frequentlya triplet of lancet lights, and the same arrangement is. 110. Strixton, Northamptonshire, o. 1220. , Shewing a gable-end with corner buttresses, a triplet with a stringcourse under it,and over it a (juatrefoil opening with three sunk panels quatrefoiled. 134 EARLY ENGLISH FRONTS. usual in the fronts of the north and south transepts,and at the west end also, when there is no the lancets are small, and have a small win-dow over, them in the gable, as at Strixton, Northamp-tonshire (110), which is a valuable specimen of plainEarly English work throughout. In later examplesthe window is usually of three or more lights, sepa-rated only by mullions, with circles in the head, eitherwith or without foliation, as at Eaunds, Northampton-shire, and Acton Burnel, Shropshire. The west frontof Nun Monkton Church, Yorkshire, affords a verysingular example of the combination of a small towerwith the west gable, over a fine triplet. The westfront of Duston Church, Northamptonshire, is a g
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