The Rhenish helm is a type of spire typical of Romanesque church architecture of the historic Rhineland. It is a pyramidal roof on towers of square plan...
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Hip roof (section Rhenish helm or Helm roof)
A hip roof, hip-roof or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope, with variants...
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polygonal hipped roof with steeply pitched slopes rising to a peak Helm roof, Rhenish helm: A pyramidal roof with gable ends; often found on church towers...
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Coldblood Rhenish Warmblood Rhenish, wine from the Rheinhessen wine region Rhenish gulden, gold coin minted in the Rhineland Rhenish helm, type of church...
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with grouped towers of different plans and both "candle-snuffer" and Rhenish helm spires. Parma Cathedral, Italy, 1178, has a screen façade ornamented...
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– spire is later Sompting Church, Sussex, with the only Anglo-Saxon Rhenish helm tower to survive, c. 1050 Early Anglo-Saxon art is seen mostly in decorated...
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Blessed Virgin, Sompting, an 11th-century Anglo-Saxon church with a Rhenish helm unique in England and St. Nicholas Church, Worth, a 10th-century church...
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height not much greater than its width, or, more rarely, of high profile. Rhenish helm: This is a four-sided tower topped with a pyramidal roof. each of the...
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most important architectural feature is the Saxon tower topped by a Rhenish helm, a four-sided pyramid-style gabled cap that is uncommon in England. English...
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variety of forms, the most distinctive being the Rhenish helm. Stone is sometimes used for Rhenish helms as at the eastern end of the Basilica of Our Lady...
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lobed windows forming decorative features in the gables and beneath the Rhenish helm spire. The octagonal dome has a ring of oculi with two in each of the...
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the eastern one being slightly ovoid. The towers are surmounted by "Rhenish helm" spires. The nave, towers and domes are all roofed with copper, which...
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English Gothic style but gave the northeast tower Norman details and a Rhenish helm, a German Romanesque roof. The parish of Lacock was split and the new...
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village since 1939 by the busy A27 road. Its tower is topped with a "Rhenish helm"—a four-sided gabled pyramidal cap which is unique in England. The church...
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church had as its major focal point a substantial western tower with a "Rhenish helm" and was largely constructed of ashlars.[citation needed] Only a small...
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borders the village. The village's St Peter and St Paul Church (with its Rhenish helm on its tower), and Hawkley Hurst house, were both designed by celebrated...
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architecture Retaining wall Retractable roof Retrofuturism Retroquire Rhenish helm Revenue house Revivalism Revolving door RIBA Competitions RIBA Journal...
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metres (59 ft). The towers are 56 metres (184 ft) in height, and have Rhenish helm spires, each topped by a 4.5-metre (15 ft) cross. One tower contains...
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adopted. The current, heavily restored choir towers are roofed with Rhenish helms of stone rather than shingling. One of the towers, named after Saint...
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paintings, an example of the Tapsel gate design found only in Sussex, and a "Rhenish helm" four-gabled tower cap that is unique in England. Adur, which has an...
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St Mary's, its large west tower of late Anglo-Saxon date topped by a Rhenish helm spire. The patronage of the church was held in two moieties, one belonging...
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each corner, topped by spires which rise from gables and are called "rhenish helms". Florence Cathedral, Italy, has a free-standing campanile and the largest...
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south aisles of the three-bay nave. The church is dominated by its tall Rhenish helm-topped tower, in which stands a large arched doorway with an elaborately...
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Waterstock House is the Pump House dated 1898, a small building with a "Rhenish helm" roof reminiscent of a Saxon tower. Many of the villagers used to collect...
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between 1870 and 1972, although it closed in 1969. Its 150-foot (46 m) "Rhenish helm"-topped clock tower was prominent on the skyline, and behind was a large...
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rather than stone. A distinctive feature of his churches, is the use of Rhenish helm, or Rhineland helmet, bell towers. Gibbons died on December 14, 1896...
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angle is a tower containing an arched doorway, a bell canopy, and a Rhenish helm containing clock faces. To the left of the tower is a gabled range with...
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Clifton Road) 1870 1972 Residential (Homelees House) A 150-foot (46 m) "Rhenish helm"-topped clock tower dominated this church and the skyline, forming one...
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8386; -0.3518 (Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Sompting) I The "Rhenish helm" spire on the Saxon-era tower of Sompting's Anglican church is unique...
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art from the Rhine valley and topped with a form of spire known as a Rhenish helm. The main portal, on the south façade, is decorated with carved stone...
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