Sentence examples for lantern tower from inspiring English sources
In 1573, during a service on Ascension Day, a lantern tower perched on the roof fell down.
The central lantern tower (13th 16th century), with a late 19th-century spire, is the highest church tower in France (495 feet [151 metres]).
Although the spires of St. James and St. Wulfram's understandably have their admirers, the intricacy and perfect proportions of the lantern tower of St. Botolph's, which local residents affectionately call the Stump, make it first among equals.
The octagonal lantern tower above the crossing is 30 m high.
The central tower, rising to 127 feet, is a "lantern tower" with large windows letting light into the crossing.
Rising from the upper ring beam is a lantern tower, containing windows of stained glass, and at its peak is a crown of pinnacles.
Ely, alone among England's cathedrals, has a central feature over the crossing that somewhat resembles the polygonal vaulted lantern towers of Spain.
Brownlow House, known locally as 'Lurgan Castle', is a distinctive mansion built in 1833 with Scottish sandstone in an Elizabethan style with a lantern-shaped tower and prominent array of chimney pots.
The shiny arches, red lanterns and towering "Welcome to Chinatown" sign, meant to impress visitors, seemed instead to magnify the neighborhood's inactivity.
The skeleton tower lantern was raised to 25 feet above the water and its light had about 170 candlepower.
PARIS: AUSPICIOUS LIGHTING -- Decorated with Chinese lanterns, the Eiffel Tower will be bathed in red light in the evenings beginning next week in honor of the Chinese Lunar New Year.
