. The Architectural magazine. above the sides, are to be seen in Waltham Abbey, andseveral other buildings. In Little Snoring Church, Norfolk, isto be seen a semicircular arch within a pointed one, and thesetwo are encompassed by another semicircular arch, with thesides continued from the springing to the impost. There aremany examples where the pointed and semicircular arches areboth used in the same place, which may be evidence of transi-tion work. Tig. 185. is a section of the jamb mouldings of a window of the185 middle will be seen bythis section thatthe mouldingsare geometrica
. The Architectural magazine. above the sides, are to be seen in Waltham Abbey, andseveral other buildings. In Little Snoring Church, Norfolk, isto be seen a semicircular arch within a pointed one, and thesetwo are encompassed by another semicircular arch, with thesides continued from the springing to the impost. There aremany examples where the pointed and semicircular arches areboth used in the same place, which may be evidence of transi-tion work. Tig. 185. is a section of the jamb mouldings of a window of the185 middle will be seen bythis section thatthe mouldingsare geometricalfigures, and areformed out of theflat surfaces ofthe arches : thesearches form dis-tinct recesses, andare very numerousin some the peculiarcharacter of theornament* which, I believe, is always sunk, and never raisedabove the face of the stone, except in labels, strings, &c., I aminclined to think that much of the ornamental work was carvedwhen the arches were set; indeed, some unfinished work, occa- F F 3. 43t On the Classificalicm and Details 186
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