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| Keywords: Suggestions on the Arrangement and Characteristics of Parish Churches Figure 05.png Figures 5 and 6 will illustrate one of these strange vagaries The idea of the designer was to cover in a great area with one roof unsupported by pillars of any sort so that the altar placed against the side wall would be conspicuous from all parts of the building three sides of which were to be encumbered by enormous galleries He succeeded of course in placing the altar in the wrong position; but the enourmous span of the roof is now causing it to sink and the much-dreaded columns must be introduced to prevent its fall and the utter ruin of the fabric Scanned from J J McCarthy Suggestions on the Arrangement and Characteristics of Parish Churches p 12 1851 J J McCarthy PD-Art Suggestions on the Arrangement and Characteristics of Parish Churches Schematic church plans | ||||
