A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian and Gothic architecture (1888)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London [etc.] Parker and co. · leaf 80
he shaft is, often short and not unfre- quently terminated by a spire or pinnacle, usually of rather low proportions, having apertures of various forms under, and sometimes in it, for the escape of the smoke. There are also taller shafts of various forms, square, octangular, or circular, surmounted… … Sherborne, Dorset, c. 1320. Chepstow Castle, c. 1320. issues from the top, unless, as is sometimes the case, they terminate in a spire. Clustered chimney- shafts do not appear until rather late in the fifteenth century; after- wards they became very common, and were frequently highly ornamented,…
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