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29:, England: made from local Bath stone, this is a
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934:"Pevsner Architectural Guides fan vault design"
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91:as a possible source of English influence in
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71:The fan vault is peculiar to England. The
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878:List of architectural vaults
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1264:Edwardian
1254:Victorian
736:Edinburgh
732:St John's
149:spandrels
142:Structure
77:Barbastro
39:fan vault
1513:Category
1378:Stadiums
1244:Georgian
1229:Carolean
1224:Jacobean
1125:Archived
1107:7 August
856:See also
831:, Ottawa
395:cloister
294:pendants
254:, Oxford
1424:Bristol
1353:Museums
1303:Castles
397:at the
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1462:(cowl)
1399:London
1204:Norman
1187:Styles
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669:Ottawa
401:(1529)
117:hamlet
113:Harvey
93:Aragon
81:conoid
73:lierne
1392:Other
1214:Tudor
684:Leeds
296:, by
43:vault
1419:Bath
1109:2014
1096:ISBN
1075:2006
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946:2006
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