NORMAN STYLE.
This style is easily recognised by its simple and massive forms and its semi-circular arches. The exterior ([Fig. 17]) is generally plain, with broad and slightly projecting buttresses attached to the building, and sometimes
Fig. 17.—Church of St. Cross, Hampshire. Elevation of the East End. (From Britton’s Antiquities.)
crowned with pinnacles. The doorways are, however, generally treated in a more ornamental manner. They are often deeply recessed, and have the jambs decorated with a series of round shafts set in square nooks or recesses, and furnished with richly-carved caps and bases. The arch
Fig. 18.—Durham Cathedral. The Nave. (From Billings’ Durham Cathedral.)