The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . or both combined, being of thegreatest simplicity (examples in San Gimignano and Pisa). AtViterbo are small houses in stone, two of which have externalstone staircases of fine design, and the few windows on theground floor suggest that the rooms there were used only for stores. Houses with external staircases, but without any architecturalpretensions, are found throughout the Balkan provinces. The introduction of the purer Italian style into England in the17th century created a great change in dom
The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . or both combined, being of thegreatest simplicity (examples in San Gimignano and Pisa). AtViterbo are small houses in stone, two of which have externalstone staircases of fine design, and the few windows on theground floor suggest that the rooms there were used only for stores. Houses with external staircases, but without any architecturalpretensions, are found throughout the Balkan provinces. The introduction of the purer Italian style into England in the17th century created a great change in domestic of the projecting wings and otherwise picturesquecontour of the earlier work the houses were made square orrectangular on plan, in two or three storeys, crowned with amodiUion cornice carr>ing a roof of red tiles; the only embellish-ments of the main front were the projecting courses of stoneon the quoins and architraves round the windows, and flatpilasters carrying a hood or pediment flanking the entrancedoorway. In the larger mansions more thought was bestowed. Fic. 3.—Detail of house at Orleans. on the introduction of porticoes (scarcely necessary in theEngUsh cUmate), with sometimes great flights of steps up to theprincipal floor, which was raised abcve a basement with coldand dark passages; a great saloon in the centre of the block,lighted from above, took the place of the great entrance hall ofthe Tudor period, and the rooms frequently led one out of theother, without an independent entrance door. On the other hand,in the ordinary houses, the deficiency in external ornamentwas amply made up for by the comfort in the interior and thedecoration of the staircase and other rooms. Towards the closeof the century the square mullioned and transomed windows,with opening casements, gave way to sash windows, introducedfrom Holland, and these with moulded and stout sash-bars gavea certain character to the outside of the houses, which are valuednow fo
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