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Decorative detail

Photograph Roberta Livingstone.

This picture of the covered market at Much Wenlock, Shropshire, shows the tendency Tudor workers had towards adding decoration even on ordinary buildings: on the right hand side the half-timbering has become ornamented, and the railings are carved with a spiral pattern. Compare with the Tudor chimneys of Hampton Court.

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