Style
Gothic Revival
Medieval Gothic remade with Victorian and later means: pointed arches, steep roofs, a tower with a spire, lancet and traceried windows, in stone or brick.
- When
- c. 1830s to 1930s
- Where
- Britain, North America and much of the world
- Tell it apart
- Medieval Gothic is older, hand-cut and usually vaulted in stone; Carpenter Gothic uses the same shapes in wood.
The tells
- Pointed arches and lancet windows
- A steep roof and a tower with a spire
- Stone or brick with regular, crisp detail
- Open timber roofs inside, more often than stone vaults
- Buttresses and pinnacles applied to a simple plan
Features of this style
- West front
- Nave
- Aisle
- Transept
- Crossing
- Chancel
- Choir
- Tower
- Spire
- Steeple
- Belfry
- Louvre
- Portal
- Tympanum
- Gable
- Buttress
- Pinnacle
- Battlement
- Arcade
- Pointed arch
- Four-centred arch
- Ogee arch
- Lancet window
- Rose window
- Tracery
- Mullion
- Stained glass
- Clerestory
- Pier
- Rib vault
- Hammerbeam roof
- Open timber roof
- Gargoyle
- Crocket
- Finial
- Bargeboard