Looking at Buildings

, printed from the Looking at Buildings website on Saturday 15^th March 2025

Perpendicular Tracery

PerpendicularGlossary Term [1] traceryGlossary Term [2], current from the the mid C14 to the early C16, the principal mullions generally continue to the head of the archGlossary Term [3], creating long rectangular divisions in the upper lights.

See how a PerpendicularGlossary Term [4] window is composed

The new style probably developed first in London. It appears at Gloucester from c.1330, where the RomanesqueGlossary Term [5] abbey (later cathedral) was remodelled after the burial there of King Edward II.

Large PerpendicularGlossary Term [7] windows were inserted in many older churches during the 15th century, and some parish churches, especially those in prosperous towns, were entirely rebuilt in this period.

URL to this page:

http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/styles/medieval/walls-and-windows/gothic-windows-and-tracery/perpendicular-tracery/print.html

Links on this page:

[1] http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/#default_964
[2] http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/#default_1256
[3] http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/#default_35
[4] http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/#default_964
[5] http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/#default_1087
[6] http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/#default_35
[7] http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/#default_964