. An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . ItATED WINDOWS. Decorated style. It is more common in some partsof the country than in others: this feature seems tohave taken the place of the inner plane of decoration,with tracery and shafts, of the Early English style,as at Stone, Kent (99); and it disappears altogetherin the succeeding style. Square-headed windows are very common in thisstyle in many parts of the country, especially inLeicestershire and in Oxfordshire, as at Dorchester(126). This form of window is so convenient that itwas never entirelydiscontinued, thoughmore common
. An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . ItATED WINDOWS. Decorated style. It is more common in some partsof the country than in others: this feature seems tohave taken the place of the inner plane of decoration,with tracery and shafts, of the Early English style,as at Stone, Kent (99); and it disappears altogetherin the succeeding style. Square-headed windows are very common in thisstyle in many parts of the country, especially inLeicestershire and in Oxfordshire, as at Dorchester(126). This form of window is so convenient that itwas never entirelydiscontinued, thoughmore commonly usedin houses and castlesthan in with a flatsegmental arch arealso frequently usedin this style, as atOver, Cambridge-shire (127); and thedripstone, or project-ing moulding overthe window to throwoff the wet, is some-times omitted, espe-cially in domesticwork. Circular win-dows are also a finefeature of this style,chiefly used at theends of the transepts in large churches, or at thewest end in small ones. A rare instance of an east. <iiiiimiiw»iiu^iupiiiiw^ 126. Dorcliester, Oxfordshire, c. DECORATED WINDOWS. 169 window of this form occurs at West well, Oxford-
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