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ABC/162
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Architectural antiquities of Great Britain, represented in a series of views, elevations, plans, sections and details – in 5 vols - vol V
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1 volume
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(7 Jul 1771-2 Jan 1857)
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https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/3458
ODNB Entry:
https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/3458
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The fifth of a series of five volumes about the Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain represented and illustrated in a series of 86 views, elevations, plans, sections, and details, of Christian Architecture in England. It offers a critical inquiry of the rise, progress, and perfection of this type of architecture, with historical and descriptive accounts of each edifice and subject. Specimens of Anglo-Roman and Anglo-Saxon Architecture: Roman Wall at Leicester; Romanic Arches, St. Nicholas Church, Leicester; Roman Gateway, Lincoln; Brixworth Church; Earl's Barton Church; Barton-upon-Humber; Lastingham Church. Anglo-Norman and Circular Style: Crypt, St. Peter's in the East, Oxford; Iffley Church; Castle Rising; Castor Church; Hadiscoe Church; Shalfleet Church; Hanborough Church; Peterborough Cloisters; Avebury Church; Little Snoring Church; South Weald Church; St. Peter's Church, Northampton; Steyning Church; Winwal House. Interlaced and First Division of Pointed Style: Fonts at Winchester, East Meon, Canterbury, Castle Rising, Lullington, and Avington; Interlacing Arches, from Malmesbury Abbey Church, Norwich Cathedral; St. John's Church, Devizes, Wenlock Priory, Chapter House, and Church of St. Augustine, Canterbury; St. Cross Church; Malmesbury Abbey Church; Romsey Church; Shoreham Church; Beverley Minster; Salisbury Cathedral; Lincoln Cathedral. Second and Third Divisions of Pointed Style: Dorchester Church; St. Stephen's Chapel, Westminster; Winchester Cathedral; St. Lawrence Church Evesham; Abbot's Tower, Evesham; Tower of St. Mary Magdalen Church, Taunton. Miscellaneous Specimens: Ten Pinnacles, from St. Peter's Church Oxford, Rochester, Petersborough, and Salisbury Cathedrals; Doorways, from Little Maplestead Church, Romsey Church, St. Nicholas Chapel, Lynn, Magdalen Chapel, Oxford; Windows, from Canterbury Cathedral, E. Dereham Church, Wellinborough Church, MErton College Chapel, Oxford; Spandrels and Pannels; Piscinas, from St. Cross Church, Salisbury Cathedral, Trinity Church, Coventry, St. Alban's Church, Barneck Church, Dorchester Church, Cobham Church, and Norwich Cathedral; Windows; Castle Hedingham Church, Essex; Chichester Cathedral Church; St. Bartholomew's Church Sandwich; Culburne Church, Isle of Wight; Church of St. Augustine, Canterbury; Doorways, Niches, Canopies, Columns, String-courses, Pateras,; Lastingham Church; Towers and Spires.
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- English
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Loose spine. Corners and spine slightly scuffed