Meanings of architectural pretensions in English

There are several churches and chapels of very respectable architectural pretensions.

Above the town stands the church,- abuildingof no architectural pretensions, and greatly resembling a barn.

Of these but few have any architectural pretensions.

The building had considerable architectural pretensions.

It was of no commanding height or architectural pretensions; a stuccoed edifice, attached on both sides to other edifices.

In its architectural pretensions and achievements it is more akin to Edinburgh, although lacking the drama of the latter's setting.

The manor-house of Ferndean was a building of considerable antiquity, moderate size, and no architectural pretensions, deep buried in a wood.

A new Guildhall of greater architectural pretensions has been erected in the Broadway, the original one being now used as a shop.

The doorway has some architectural pretensions, being pillared and with some sculptured devices-whetherlions or winged heraldic monstrosities I forget-onthe pediment.

The monastery of Trooditissa had no architectural pretensions; it looked like a family of English barns that had been crossed with a Swiss chalet.

As to the houses which form the square, they are well and handsomely built, the block opposite the entrance making even some architectural pretensions.

The bridge was old, and high, with sundry architectural pretensions, and guarded by iron gates in the centre, which, however, were very rarely closed.