0 an ugly creature or head cut from stone and attached to the roof of an old church, etc., often with an open mouth through which rain water flows away --
1 a stone object in the shape of the head of an ugly creature, usually seen on the roofs of old churches and other buildings --
It has set-back buttresses ascending to the shafts of former pinnacles, set off with an embattled parapet and gargoyles.
It has a tall three-stage tower with set-back buttresses ascending to the shafts of former pinnacles, set off with an embattled parapet and gargoyles.
The tower has richly carved corner pinnacles and flying buttresses and numerous carved gargoyles.
On the top corners are gargoyles in the form of angels, and octagonal pinnacles.
Above this is a string course with eight gargoyles, and around the summit is a battlemented parapet with eight crocketted pinnacles.
During the following century the pyramidal roof was removed from the tower, and battlements, pinnacles and gargoyles were added to it.
The bases of the corner pinnacles contain grotesque gargoyles.
The parapet is battlemented, with gargoyles and plain pinnacles on the corners.
