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Early English style
The beginnings of Gothic in England span from the final years of the twelfth century through the first half of the thirteenth. Cathedrals primarily constructed within this period are Canterbury, Wells, Lincoln and Salisbury.
Early English (Lancet Gothic)
C. 1180-1275
The arched windows are usually narrow by comparison to their height and are without tracery.
Early English
First phase of Gothic architecture dominant after Norman, characterised by the earliest pointed arches and simple lancet windows c1190-1250.
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Early English
The earliest style of Gothic architecture in England, common from c.1180-c.1250.
Early English - The first of three phases of the Gothic (q.v.) style in England, until the end of the Thirteenth Century. It is characterised by lancet (slender, pointed arch) windows and stiff-leaf (sculptured foliage) capitals.
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Historical division of English Gothic Architecture covering the period from about 1190 to 1250.
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Early English Period c.1190-c.1250
Decorated Period c.1290-c.1350
Perpendicular Period c.1350-c.1550
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(Early English): The first phase of English Gothic architecture, predominant in the period c.1180-c.1250, and making use of the pointed arch for openings and vaulting. Sometimes called lancet style from its use of single narrow windows.
In Early English construction, vergeboards covered and protected the ridge pole and purlins which projected out from a gable wall.
It is in the Early English period (1200-1275) that the Gothic style became truly adapted by English craftsmen/architects. This period is also called "Lancet", referring to the pointed lancet windows (narrow, untraceried) that characterize it.
Nailhead - An Early English architectural enrichment consisting of small pyramids repeated as a band.
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It was a very populare in Early English (Early Gothic) architecture. Dog tooth: Diagonal indented pyramid. Dome: A hemispherical vault.
The windows of the Early English period were comparatively narrow slits, and were sometimes grouped together under a single enclosing arch; the piercing of the tympanum of this arch with a circular light produced what is known as plate tracery, ...
In England, Gothic is normally divided into three succeeding phases - Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular. Greek cross plan Church floor plan with four equal arms. See also Latin Cross Plan.
Coincidentally with the building of Westminster went on such works as the retro- choir of Exeter, the nave of Lichfield, and Tintern Abbey, wherein are the first signs of change from Early English to Geometrical.
The first major phase of this insular architecture, the early English period, is well represented (except for the 15th-century tower and spire) by the Cathedral of Salisbury (begun 1220).
Gothic architecture in England is divided into three styles: Early English (1200-75), for example Salisbury Cathedral; Decorated (1300-75), for example York Minster; and Perpendicular (1400-1575), for example Winchester Cathedral.
Triangular terminations to buttresses, much in use in the Early English and Decorated periods, after which the buttresses generally terminated in pin...
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(illustration from Robert Burn, The Illustrated London Architectural, Engineering & Mechanical Drawing-Book of 1853, showing Early English Gothic)
LINTEL The horizontal member that spans an opening.
Period of Medieval architecture prevalent in Western Europe from 12th to 16th century. Characterized by the pointed arch and large windows with ornate tracery. Can be subdivided into Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular.
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Evolved from the Romanesque, it is characterised by the pointed arch, ribbed vaults and elaborate traceried window openings. Gothic architecture in England is usually broken down into three phases, Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular.
Ladder - A contrivance generally portable with rungs between two supports, for going up and down: anything by which one ascents.
Lancet Window - Thin, pointed window typical of the Early English style of Gothic.
Inigo Jones, the principal architect of the early English Renaissance, visited Italy and emulated Palladio in such works as the Banqueting House (1619-1622) in Whitehall, London. See Renaissance Art and Architecture.
 See also: Gothic, Tower, House, Architecture, Ornament
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