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The Quadrangle

Decorative features

For images and information about some of the many decorative features in the Quadrangle, click on the links below:


Bosses

Bosses

Coats of arms Corbels 1857 Dripstones Finials

Coats of arms

Corbels 

Dated copper
rainwater heads

Dripstones 

Finials

Gargoyles Grotesques Lanterns & fleches Parapets Pinnacles

Gargoyles

Grotesques

Lanterns & fleches

Parapets

Pinnacles

Plaster casts Quatrefoils Sculptures Stained glass Tracery

Plaster casts

Quatrefoils

Sculptures

Stained glass

Tracery

Vaulted ceilings Wood carvings of angels and animal heads

Vaulted ceilings

Wood carvings
of angels and
animal heads



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