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buttresses c1330 c1440 c1490 cathedral church describe design divinity durham encyclopedia examples fotheringay generic gloucester harmworths hartlepool illustrations increasingly larger leicestershire main medieval northamptonshire nvintage ortonhill oxford period pierced projecting reason roof school support term thew thrust universal used usually vintage wall wallsVintage Illustrations Of Buttress In British Architecture. Editorial Photo
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Vintage illustrations of Buttress in British Architecture. #211162369
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Harmworth`s Universal Encyclopedia 1940s. Vintage examples of buttresses in British architecture. Fotheringay, Northamptonshire c1440. Divinity School, Oxford, c1490. Hartlepool Church, Durham 1250. Orton-on-the-Hill Church, Leicestershire, c1330. Gloucester Cathedral 1430. A generic term used to describe a projecting support, usually to a wall. Buttress design allowed walls to be pierced with increasingly larger windows during thew medieval period. ... The `thrust` of weight from the roof is the main reason why buttresses were used in church architecture.
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