ABSTRACT
There are three distinct species of Gothic Church Gothic, Castle Gothic, and Mansion Gothic, each having its own peculiar decorations. First externally, pointed doorways and windows, buttresses, pinnacles, &c. Internally, arches, columns, &c. Arrangement to take any form but that of the Christian one, a cross. Second; externally, towers, battlements, loop-holes, &c. Internally, dungeons, rooms with little or no light, walls bare, and to carry more the of a prison than that of a place of defence, accompanied with every splendid accommodation, both for war, and royal residence. Third; externally, square-headed doorways and windows, octangular turrets; battlements, arched recesses, pinnacles, spires, &c. In fact, an entire series of houses and mansions can be pointed out to those who may be desirous of studying from such remains.
