An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . ts bya solid wall, with a barrel vault overone division only. The church of Kirkdale, in York ?shire, also has an inscription in theDanish language recording its erec-tion by Earl Tosti, in the time ofEdward the Confessor, about this church the late , with his usual caution,observed, As this inscription hasbeen removed from its original place,it is now no evidence of itself as towhat part of the church is Saxon ;but as the western door, now stopt,and the arch to the chancel, areboth of them very rude, though insome
An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . ts bya solid wall, with a barrel vault overone division only. The church of Kirkdale, in York ?shire, also has an inscription in theDanish language recording its erec-tion by Earl Tosti, in the time ofEdward the Confessor, about this church the late , with his usual caution,observed, As this inscription hasbeen removed from its original place,it is now no evidence of itself as towhat part of the church is Saxon ;but as the western door, now stopt,and the arch to the chancel, areboth of them very rude, though insome degree resembling Norman,they may, on a careful examina-tion of them, be considered por-tions of the old building. Therecan be little doubt that several ofthe towers now generally consideredas Saxon belong to this reign c. The characteristic featuresof the buildings of this style,by which they are readilydistinguished, may be brieflydescribed. The towers are without buttresses or staircases, andare either of the same dimensions from the ground to. 7. Tower of Deerhurst Church, a d. 1053The upper story is an addition c Their peculiar character was first pointed out hy Mr. William Twopenyto his friend the late Mr. Rickman, -who followed up the search with greatdiligence and success, and described them most admirably. His researcheshave since been followed up by Mr. M. H. Bloxam and others, and the num-ber of churches of this character enumerated is about a hundred. Mr. Two-peny has since come to the conclusion that the greater part of these are notSaxon. STONE CARPENTRY. *9 the summit, or diminishing by stages, or, in some lateexamples, slightly battering. The masonry of the earlierexamples is very rude and irregular, often with tilesbuilt in among the stones, and frequently of the kindcalled herring-bone, and was, in many instances, ori-ginally covered with plaster. There are almost al-ways at the anglesquoins formed of longstones set upright, al-ternately with others,either lo
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