St Mary's Collegiate Church, Gowran, Co Kilkenny, exterior - nave, west gable and south aisle - viewed from south-east

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Date:

2010-05-26

Author:

Stalley, Roger

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Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of nave, west gable and south aisle from the south-east. West gable has triple lancet window with rectangular and sexfoil rose windows overhead. Lancets set in deep splays have rere-arches treated with shafts and annulets, foliate and head carved capitals and water-holding bases. Surrounding hood moulding is roll-and-fillet design terminating in foliate and head carved label stops. Window in east elevation of south aisle of nave shows twin double-skinned lancets with trefoil heads and a quatrefoil window with arched cusps. Interior capitals have stiff-leaf foliage carvings; exterior roll-and-fillet hood moulding (damaged) terminates in a head carved label stop on the northern side; partial remains of windows in the south elevation of the south aisle also visible.

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Photographer

Culture:

Irish

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St Mary's Collegiate Church, Gowran, Co Kilkenny

Work:

architecture

Author: Stalley, Roger

Role:

Photographer

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Image

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http://hdl.handle.net/2262/39878

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• History of Art & Architecture - The Stalley Collection (Digital Image Collection)

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lancet window, rose window, rere-arch, annulet ring, foliate capital, head capital, water-holding base, hood moulding, roll-and-fillet moulding, trefoil head, quatrefoil window, cusp, stiff-leaf foliage, label stop

Movement:

Medieval

Style:

Early English Gothic

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