FIRST POINTED STYLE: another name for the Early English style but used in these notes to refer especially to nineteenth century work using similar forms.
There can be no doubt that the term 'Gothic' as applied to pointed styles of ecclesiastical architecture was used at first contemptuously, and in derision, by those who were ambitious to imitate and revive the Grecian orders of architecture, ...
Lyndhurst began as a country villa in the "pointed style," but over the course of a century it was shaped by the three families who lived there.
Abbey, Westminster The Westminster Abbey is a Gothic church located in Westminster, London. The church has a pointed style of architecture which signifies the Gothic style. ... All Saints Cathedral All Saints Cathedral at Albany....
See also: Arches, Architecture, Vault, House, Gothic
 
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