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door is a larger one of three lights, while the waU Avork of 

 the second story being quiteplain and unbroken, the efFect 

 of lateral contlnuity is in no degree destroyed: dld not the 

 Position and size of the buttresses shew that the principle of 

 spire-growth was neglected, it would perhaps ])resent as 

 perfeet a development of the prlnciples of a Gothic tower 

 as coidd easily be found even in fabrics of the fourteenth 



Century. 



In the next, Wrington, the buttresses are rectangiüar,but, 

 extending quite to the comice-moulding, they form a per- 

 feet frame-work to the whole tower, which consists exter- 

 nally of only two stories above the west door, in the lower 

 of which is a large window, whüe the upper is occupied by 

 the mullions and tracery of two narrow Windows, separated 

 by a sort of buttress, or rather pinnacle, rising from the 

 strmg-course between the stories. The upper part of these 

 Windows being pierced, gives light to the belfry, having 

 altogether the effect of a very fine lantern rising from the 

 top of the lower story, but which, having its base so low 

 down, and belüg contained, together with the rest of the 

 tower, withln a perfeet frame-work, forms, with the lower 

 part of the tower, essentiaUy one design; whlle the efFect of 

 lateral continuity is in great measure preserved by the 

 mass of unbroken waU between the top of the large win- 

 dow and the base of the lantern. 



WeUington tower, though muchplainer, is in design very 

 similar toVrlngton. As there, there are externally only 

 two stories above the west door, but the lantern bemg 

 quite piain, with the exception of two smaU windows m 

 the belfry, and the wall-work being unbroken from the top 

 of the large window to the base of those in the belfry, 

 except by one string-course, the efFect of lateral con- 



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