Chancel archIn a church, an arch dividing chancel from nave or crossing.Channelled rustication ...
Chancel Arch
The arch separating the chancel from the nave or crossing.
Chancel Screen
A screen dividing the chancel and the nave and crossing. Often called a rood screen.
Chancel arch - An arch which, in many churches, marks the separation of the chancel or sanctuary from the nave or body of the church
Chancel rail - The railing or barrier in place of a chancel screen by which the chancel is separated from the nave.
Chancel
- or chancel arch - the continuation of the nave, east of the crossing, where the altar is placed. The chancel arch occurs where the chancel meets the crossing. See Church Design.
Hagioscopes are found on one or both sides of the chancel arch; in some cases a series of openings has been cut in the walls in an oblique line to enable a person standing in the porch (as in Bridgwater church, Somerset) to see the altar; ...
As a rule these hagioscopes, or "squints" as they are sometimes called, are found on one or both sides of the chancel arch.
In churches this was set at the east end of the nave, flanked by figures of the Virgin and St John. It was usually wooden, and fixed to a special beam stretching from respond to respond of the chancel arch, above the rood loft.
Nave
The body of the church west of the chancel arch or crossing. The place where lay people stood during the mass.
Niche
Vertical recess in a wall, often for a statue.
Painting of the Last Judgement often depicted on mediaeval walls, usually over the chancel arch.
Dormitory
A pseudonym for a room containing tombs, typically a space reserved for the members of a local landed family.
 See also: Church, Chancel, Nave, Altar, Crossing
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