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Screens and galleries in English churches (1908)

Bond, Francis, 1850-1918 · London, New York, Toronto, H. Frowde · leaf 50

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350. The fourth type is that of by far the largest number of parochial stone screens. It consists simply of reproductions of the design of wooden screens. A very beautiful example is that at Totnes, Devon (33), erected by the Corporation in 1459.* This screen was ordered to be made like that of the… … Colyton west side only. All the tracery in the fan vaulting is pierced through.*)* Paignton, Devon, also has the remains of a very handsome stone screen. A pretty example is illustrated from Colyton, Devon (34). Wherever there is a gabled wall at the east end of the nave, whether above a single or…

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