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Word: stonework (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...part of Gothic architecture or at least of the general type of architecture that goes under the general term, line the High street on both sides. In each instance, I believe, the college quadrangle is entered by an archway. Most of these archways are high and wide and the stonework is most elaborately carved. Facing the uniform quadrangle are the chapel, the hall, the library, and the students' rooms. There is usually a back quadrangle or garden. Some of these are very large and are very beautifully kept. The buildings themselves are of great size and of the most substantial...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OLD OXFORD. | 11/3/1883 | See Source »

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