West Front, Iffley Church

near Oxford

Example of Norman architecture

Source: A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method (5th ed), plate 138 (p. 333)

"Doorways are deeply recessed and richly ornamented with the zigzag ornament and beak-head, as at Iffley Church, Oxon, or elaborately carved with sculptural subjects, as at Barfreston, Kent." [p. 332]

Scanned image and text by George P. Landow (2007).

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