Lectures on the rise and development of medieval architecture; vol. 1Scott, George Gilbert, Sir
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Lectures on the rise and development of medieval architecture; vol. 1
Scott, George Gilbert, Sir
Architecture, Gothic; Architecture, Medieval
A fine series of specimens is in the chancel of Brecon Priory (Fig.
168), where the separation between the outer and inner arch, and the
depth of the glass from the inner face are also very great. Most of the
early English windows found in churches of an ordinary type are of this
class. Among Early English buildings in which the windows are mostly of
the “rere-arch” variety, may be mentioned Salisbury Cathedral, Whitby
Abbey, the Temple Church (eastern part), the Chapel of the Nine Altars
at Durham,[64] Trumpington’s work at St. Alban’s, the choir of Brecon
Priory, the eastern Chapels at Winchester (Fig. 169), the chapter-house
at Oxford, the choir of Fountains Abbey, etc. Among those of the same
style in which the “through-arch” window prevails, may be mentioned the
transepts at York, the choir aisles at Carlisle, Rievaulx Abbey, the
chapter-house at Furness Abbey (Fig. 170), much of the work at Lincoln,
Kirkham Abbey, etc.
[Illustration: Fig. 169.--Winchester Cathedral. De Lucy’s work.]
Among buildings transitional between Early English and Decorated, or
very early Decorated, may be named as having mainly rere-arch windows,
Westminster Abbey (excepting the chapter-house), Tintern Abbey, the
eastern parts
[Illustration: Fig. 172.--Chapel of St. Etheldreda, Ely Place, Holborn.
East window.]
of St. Alban’s Abbey, the beautiful Templars’ Church at Temple Balsal,
the Chapel of the Palace of the Bishops of Ely in Holborn (Figs. 171,
172), the choir of Dorchester Abbey, the Bishops’ Hall at Wells, the
choir of Merton Chapel at Oxford, etc.
[Illustration: Fig. 170.--Furness Abbey, one bay of Chapter-House.]
[Illustration: Fig. 173.--The Chapter-House, Salisbury Cathedral.]
Among those of a like period in which the through-arch window prevails,
may be named the chapter-houses at Westminster and Salisbury (Fig. 173),
the later parts of Lincoln, the choir aisles at Selby and Guisborough,
the choir of St. Mary’s Abbey at York, most of the Decorated work at
York Minster, Exeter, etc. In later Decorated work the same freedom of
choice prevails, as it does also in “Perpendicular” buildings, though,
as we come down to later dates, the “through-arch” becomes, on the
whole, more prevalent.
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