Ancient models, or, Hints on church-building (1841)
Anderson, Charles H. J. (Charles Henry John), Sir, 1804-1891 · London : Burns · leaf 199
187 NEW CHURCHES. Bude Chapel, Devon, Built at the sole expense of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland^ Bart., from the porphyry quarries of Trerice. It has a bell-gable with two arches: is altogether of eai English. feet. Length . . 70 Width . . 30 Height, about . 45 The roof is of excellent construction. … A simple queen-post, aided by bracket- pieces, resting on corbels. Every edge is run with a Gothic moulding; and a bold octagonal boss hangs under every queen- post. The altar is in imitation of an altar- tomb : its face exhibiting a series of arches, with oak leaves in sunk spandrels, and a fascia…
Church architecture
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