. The English house, how to judge its periods and styles. grandeur. AtBristol, Exeter, and Gloucester the massivecolumns are round ; in Durham Cathedral theyare fluted, and enriched also with zigzag channel- 56 THE ENGLISH HOUSE lings ; while at:Peterborough you will find someclustered piers. Here, too, in the roof is anexample of Norman decoration in architects formed lozenges with blackand white, or with simple colours arranged instripes, and the effect is simple and good. Norman masonry of the first period has widejoints of mortar, while in late work the stonesare pressed t
. The English house, how to judge its periods and styles. grandeur. AtBristol, Exeter, and Gloucester the massivecolumns are round ; in Durham Cathedral theyare fluted, and enriched also with zigzag channel- 56 THE ENGLISH HOUSE lings ; while at:Peterborough you will find someclustered piers. Here, too, in the roof is anexample of Norman decoration in architects formed lozenges with blackand white, or with simple colours arranged instripes, and the effect is simple and good. Norman masonry of the first period has widejoints of mortar, while in late work the stonesare pressed together, leaving a very thin line ofcement. The cushion-shaped capital is wellknown ; it belongs to early times, and when it isdecorated with volutes—curls of stone—we knowthat the Norman style has reached its middleperiod. In London there are three excellent examplesof Norman architecture: 1. St. Bartholomews the Great, Smithfield. 2. The round portion of the Temple Church,transitional in style. 3. The White Tower and St. Johns Chapelin the
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