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Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo, capital and vault rib
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Interior of lavabo showing twin round shafts separated by arris fillet bearing acanthus foliate carved bell capital which interrupts a roll - and - fillet stringcourse;the abacus is the springing point of the vault rib.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo base
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Base and shaft of lavabo doorway on plinth with keel moulded architrave.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Bell capital of lavabo with acanthus carving and roll - and - fillet arch mouldings.
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, exterior - north elevation of nave - viewed from the south
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Partial view of north elevation of the nave showing round - headed clerestorey windows.
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, exterior - south transept, sacristy, east end presbytery & crossing tower - viewed from the south - east.
Photograph by Roger Stalley. South transept, sacristy, east end presbytery and crossing tower viewed from the south - east. South transept shows two pointed arch windows, sacristy shows entrance portal and south elevation of presbytery shows twin ogee lights similar to those in the crossing tower which has crow - step battlements.
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, exterior - cloister, pier - figural carving
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of the cloister showing 'dumb - bell' pier with water - holding base and figural carving. The 'dumb - bell' pier, here with round pseudo - colonnettes, later became a standard feature of Irish cloister designs. The foreground pier depicts an ecclesiastical figure, an abbot or bishop, arrayed in liturgical…
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, exterior - south - west view of nave, west end - gable windows
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of west gable end of the nave from the south - west. Three round - headed windows with chamfered mouldings have roll - and - fillet hood mouldings linked by stringcourse; the lights are bounded above and below by stringcourse and a smaller single light is located in the head of the gable over the central window.
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, interior - nave, south aisle from the west
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of south aisle from the west showing south elevation of nave with five - bay pointed arch arcade. Piers, varied in design (round, square and octagonal, the latter with engaged shafts) have scallop capitals and rest on square plinths. They are linked by a perpyn wall(damaged). Entrance to the north transept is via…
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, exterior - east end presbytery, transepts & crossing tower - viewed from the south - east
Photograph by Roger Stalley. East end viewed from the south - east showing presbytery and north and south transepts. East elevation of presbytery shows pointed, traceried, three - light window which is cusped throughout. The three lights have round heads, the central lower than the outer to accomonate the roundel (damaged but once filled with…
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, exterior - cloister, pier - figural carving
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of cloister showing round chamfered arches carried on 'dumb - bell' piers with bell capitals, water - holding bases and figural carvings. The 'dumb - bell' pier, here with round pseudo - colonnettes, later became a standard feature of Irish cloister designs. The foreground pier depicts a female figure in…
Ferns Priory, Monastic Church, Wexford, east face of tower seen from nave of church
Photograph by Roger Stalley. East face of the tower as seen from the nave of the church
Ferns Priory, Monastic Church, Wexford
View showing exterior of NW tower, and interior of nave and chancel
Ferns Priory, Monastic Church, Wexford, interior - ribbed vault
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Ribbed (barrel?) vault with three round - headed opes below, the central higher than those flanking it.