 | George Ayliffe Poole - Church architecture - 1848 - 478 pages
...monastery was dissolved by King Henry VIII. " It was plainly intended originally to have had a steeple, the beginnings of which appear on the corners of the...off before it rose so high as the ridge of the roof; and the vault of the choir under it is only lath and plaister, now rotten, and must be taken care of.... | |
 | John Timbs - Curiosities and wonders - 1855 - 818 pages
...Grecianised Got hie style ; he also proposed a central spire, as originally intended, for its beginnings appear on the corners of the cross, " but left off...before it rose so high as the ridge of the roof.'' Of the old west front there is a view by Hollar in Dugdaie's Monastidin. Of the Confessor's Church,... | |
 | Lucy Phillimore - Great Britain - 1881 - 426 pages
...design for the Abbey still unfinished. ' The original intention was plainly to have had a Steeple, the Beginnings of which appear on the corners of the...off before it rose so high as the Ridge of the Roof, and the Vault of the Quire under it, is only Lath and Plaister, now rotten and must be taken care of.... | |
 | Lucy Phillimore - Great Britain - 1881 - 392 pages
...design for the Abbey still unfinished. ' The original intention was plainly to have had a Steeple, the Beginnings of which appear on the corners of the...off before it rose so high as the Ridge of the Roof, and the Vault of the Quire under it, is only Lath and Plaister, now rotten and must be taken care of.... | |
 | 1887 - 374 pages
...twenty-five years' labour, left his work unaccomplished, for, although he commenced a central spire, " he left off before it rose so high as the ridge of the roof." The chief entrances to Westminster Abbey are by the western and northern doorways. We will, however,... | |
 | William Richard Lethaby - Abbeys - 1906 - 408 pages
...erection of a central tower Wren wrote : " It was plainly intended originally to have had a steeple, the beginnings of which appear on the corners of the Cross, but left off before they rose so high as the ridge of the roof, and the vault of the choir under it is but lath and plaster... | |
 | Lena Milman - Architects - 1908 - 520 pages
...Intention of the Architect, and which was begun, as appears by the Work, but left off before it rose to the Ridge of the Roof. In my Opinion the Tower should...Height above the Roof, as it is in Breadth ; and if a Spire be added to it, it will give a proper Grace to the whole Fabrick, and the West-end of the City,... | |
 | Lena Milman - Architects - 1908 - 510 pages
...Roof over it, is but Weather-boards painted. The original Intention was plainly to have had a Steeple, the Beginnings of which appear on the Corners of the...off before it rose so high as the Ridge of the Roof; & the Vault of the Quire under it, is only Lath and Plaister, now rotten, and must be taken care of.... | |
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The original intention was plainly to have had a Steeple, the Beginnings of which appear on the corners of the Cross, but left off before it rose so high as the Ridge of the Roof... 