. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. atWorcester, and finding it satisfactory, though totally atvariance in its proporti ms, with the exception of theprincipal arch, it was considered as confirmatory of thetheory. These two examples are of nearly the sameperiod in the style. In 1845 Mr. Billings published bis Architectural Aii-tiqiiitus of the County of Durham, and in collecting themeasurements of its churches lie was led to compare their])roportions. The result is given by him in two
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. atWorcester, and finding it satisfactory, though totally atvariance in its proporti ms, with the exception of theprincipal arch, it was considered as confirmatory of thetheory. These two examples are of nearly the sameperiod in the style. In 1845 Mr. Billings published bis Architectural Aii-tiqiiitus of the County of Durham, and in collecting themeasurements of its churches lie was led to compare their])roportions. The result is given by him in two tables,proving a groundwork of squares, and this he states would at once account for tlie non-existence of ancientworking drawings, for the designer would only have tocommunicate a rough diagram of his plan, bounded byseries of equal squares, and give the dimensions of one,to be properly understood by a practical man. Most No less thansixof til J chancels are feet; three others are 18 feet; and tiiree of 21 feet. At Hough-tun, the widths of the chancel, of the transept and tlie distance between the columns of tJienave, are all 15 (Ig. 1228. BAT IB CUOIRl CABLISLE, singularly, the measure is in each case one square yard (as above noticed) ClMT IV. MODERN INVESTIGATIONS. 1013
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