St Mary's Collegiate Church, Gowran, Co Kilkenny, exterior - nave, west gable and south aisle - viewed from south-east - Stalley, Roger (My University, 2010)
St Mary's Collegiate Church, Gowran, Co Kilkenny
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.
Keywords: 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; Architecture, Medieval--Ireland; Architecture, Gothic--Ireland; Ecclesiastical architecture; Collegiate churches; Kilkenny (Ireland)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Windows; Tracery (Architecture); Foliation (Architecture and decoration); Decoration and ornament, Architectural; Medieval; Early English Gothic