choir loft - a gallery in a church occupied by the choir
gallery - narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade ...
ROOD LOFT
In medieval times the body of the church (the nave) was divided from the chancel by a screen.
Rood loft - A gallery built above the rood screen, often to carry the rood or other images and candles; approached by stairs either of wood or built in the wall.
Rood Loft
The gallery upon which the rood is supported.
Rood Screen
A screen built beneath the rood loft.
New Jerusalem
Choir loft window
St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, Buffalo: Christ at the Village of Emmaus
Holy Angels RC Church, Buffalo, NY: ...
In the r 5th century some of the stone staircases leading to the rood loft, with open tracery round the edge, are of great elaboration and beauty, as at St Maclou, Rouen.
Entry and choir loft of church in photo 4. Choir lofts were often built facing outdoors for purposes of outdoor processions.
6. Tucson, AZ. Mission San Xavier del Bac. Construction began on this Spanish baroque church in 1783.
7. Tucson, AZ.
Laird - Bonnet laird, laird's loft, laird's lug
- (Scottish) Scots landowner. A Bonnet Laird was a small landowner. A lairds' house is now a recognised general term for a particular type of middle ranking 18th century house.
It was often surmounted by a loft (called the rood loft) on which stood the rood itself, a large figure of the crucified Christ, set high up, usually level with the springing of the chancel arch.
Lair(Scots): A burial space reserved in a graveyard.Laird’s loft(Scots): A gallery in a church reserved for an individual or special group, when it is sometimes called a trades loft.Lancet ...
Skylight - A window in a roof to give light to a loft or room without other lighting.
Slate - A roof material made from a hard, fine-grained rock that cleaves into thin, smooth layers.
A cape-style house also commonly had a master bedroom on the first floor and an unfinished loft on the second floor. A typical house had little or no exterior ornamentation.
Interior view of organ loft
Interior view of rose window, east facade
Interior view of south choir triforium
Interior view of south transept triforium
Interior view #1 of southwest tower
Interior view #2 of southwest tower ...
Loft - An intermediary space created by the introduction of a slab between floor and ceiling of the room, a passage or wherever it is provided with a maximum clear height of 1.5 mt for storage purposes only.
Roof Void - unused space between the roof and the ceiling of the highest storey (often called the loft or attic).
RSJ - frequently used abbreviation for a Rolled Steel Joist.
 See also: Gallery, Floor, House, Tower, Gothic
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