| I. Romanesque. | ||
| Saxon | before 1066. | |
| Norman | 1066-1195. | |
| II. Gothic. | ||
| Early English or "Lancet," | 1189-1300. | |
| Decorated | {Geometrical} {Flowing} | 1300-1377. |
| Perpendicular | 1377-1547. | |
| III. Renaissance. | ||
| Including Elizabethan, Georgian, Palladian, etc. | 1547 et seq. | |
The last thirty years or so of each period may be described as a time of Transition from one style to the succeeding.
| NORWICH CATHEDRAL | FROM EAST |
In considering the English cathedrals the Saxon style may be disregarded, as there are no important remains which date prior to the coming of the Norman conquerors; and the only cathedral church of prominence in the Renaissance style is St. Paul's in London.[1]
| CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL | THE CHOIR |
