Open wooden roofs of elaborate construction, and large span, become common in this Period. They spring frequently from Corbel shafts, resting on figures in the Clere-story wall; and have rich cornices of mouldings and carved work, traceried spandrels, figures of angels, and richly moulded beams. The Aisle-arcade is not often found, but its place is sometimes supplied by the rectangular surface panelling, so characteristic of the Period, which in some of the richer buildings literally covers the whole of the walls, leaving no blank or unoccupied space.

PRINCIPAL BUILDINGS
OF
THE RECTILINEAR PERIOD.


YorkCathedral ChurchChoir.
WinchesterCathedral ChurchNave.
CanterburyCathedral ChurchTransepts.
CanterburyCathedral ChurchNave.
YorkCathedral ChurchWest Towers.
WellsCathedral ChurchCentral Tower.
BeverleyMinsterWest Front.
BridlingtonPriory ChurchWest Front.
HowdenCollegiate ChurchChapter House.
CambridgeSt. Mary's ChurchNave.
Long MelfordHoly Trinity ChurchChancel, Nave.
Saffron WaldenSt. Mary's ChurchChancel, Nave.
LavenhamSt. Peter and St. Paul's ChurchNave.
DoncasterSt. George's ChurchChancel, Nave.
Bury St. Edmund'sSt. James' ChurchChancel, Nave.
RotherhamAll Saints' ChurchNave, Transepts.
HullHoly Trinity ChurchNave.
WindsorSt. George's ChapelChancel, Nave.
ManchesterCathedral ChurchChoir, Nave.
TauntonSt. Mary's ChurchNave, Tower.
GloucesterCathedral ChurchChoir.
CambridgeKing's CollegeChapel.
WarwickSt. Mary's ChurchBeauchamp Chapel.
WestminsterCathedral ChurchHenry Seventh's Chapel.
BathAbbey ChurchChoir, Transepts, Nave.

THE SEVEN PERIODS
OF
ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE.


ROMANESQUE.
A.D. A.D. YEARS.
I.Saxon Periodfrom——to1066,prevailed
II.Norman Period"1066"1145,"79
III.Transitional Period"1145"1190,"45
GOTHIC.
IV.Lancet Period"1190"1245,"55
V.Geometrical Period"1245"1315,"70
VI.Curvilinear Period"1315"1360,"45
VII.Rectilinear Period"1360"1550,"190

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