Perpendicular Period c.1350-c.1550 Pombaline style 1755 earthquake-c.1860 Portugal Postmodern architecture 1980s Prairie Style 1900-1917 USA Pueblo style 1898-1990s Queen Anne Style architecture 1870-1910s UK & USA ...
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) denoting a style of architecture of the late perpendicular period and characterized by half-timbered houses [from the Tudor royal house of England, ruling from 1485 to 1603] ...
of medieval fortifications, but more strictly applied to the round hole or circle with which the openings terminate. The same term is applied to the small circles inserted in the tracery-head of the windows of the Decorated and Perpendicular periods, ...
other designs - so that the light is seen through. Panelled parapets are those ornamented by a series of panels, either oblong or square, and more or less enriched, but are not perforated. These are common in the Decorated and Perpendicular periods.
See also: Perpendicular, Decorated, Roman, Ornament, Church
 
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