Clearstorey

Clearstorey
- upper parts of the walls of a church pierced by windows, term now applies to domestic and industrial building where the walls rise above adjacent roofs.

clear storey, also clearstory, clearstorey, or overstorey) is an architectural term denoting an upper level of a Roman basilica or of the nave of a Romanesque or Gothic church, ...

Clerestory / Clearstory / Clearstorey
CLEAR storee
AKA overstory
An upper story row of windows; part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light ...

1530 with applied ornamental motifs, followed within a few decades by fully-fledged new buildings.Clerestory or clearstoreyUppermost storey of a church, pierced by windows. Also high-level windows in secular buildings.Cloister ...

See also: Church, Clerestory, Architecture, Cathedral, Cathedra