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Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo, arches, capitals and shafts
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Interior view of lavabo showing 1.5 bays of the octagonally planned building. Each bay occupies a side of the octagon. The bays are divided vertically by angle shafts of twin rolls separated by an angle fillet which support acanthus capitals, these in turn once supported a rib - vault. The bays are divided horizontally…
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - chapter house
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Interior of chapter house showing dressed splayed stone reveal with rere - arch elaborated with foliate capital and shaft.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - north transept, west aisle, transept chapel, south pier
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of west aisle of north transept showing rectangular pier in southern - most chapel. South and west elevations have filleted shafts on water - holding bases and chamfered plinth. They may have acted as responds for vault ribs above.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - south transept, chapels
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of chapels in the eastern wall of the south transept seen from from the east. Square centre chapel is flanked by two with apsidal terminations. South elevation of south - east crossing pier and southern trasept pier also visible showing orders of filleted rolls resting on octagonal chamfered bases.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, exterior - presbytery south elevation, buttress
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of east end of presbytery from the south - east showing buttress projecting from a battered masonry plinth. Disposition and size of the buttresses on north and south elevations suggest the existence of a rib - vault in the extended presbytery, probably divided into three bays. A similar arrangement exists at the…
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, exterior - presbytery north facade, buttresses
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Exterior of thirteenth - century addition to east end presbytery showing buttresses projecting from a battered masonry plinth. Disposition and size of the buttresses suggest the existence of a rib - vault in the extended presbytery, probably divided into three bays. A similar arrangement exists at the Cistercian Abbey…
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, Collon, County Louth, interior - north transept chapel, pier respond
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of north transept showing south - eastern transept chapel. The south pier respond adjoins the north - east crossing pier. Complex series of roll - and - fillet arch mouldings are augmented with endélit shafts, these all rest on water - holding bases and a chamfered plinth.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo, shaft, base and plinth
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Interior of the lavabo showing a double plinth, the upper section very deep, surmounted by a water - holding base cut to echo the shaft above. The shaft comprises a central spiked hollow flanked by beak mouldings.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo, capital and vault rib
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Interior of lavabo showing twin round shafts separated by an arris fillet supported by a corbel (damaged); an acanthus foliate carved bell capital which interrupts a roll - and - fillet stringcourse is the springing point of the vault rib.
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 Dunbrody, County Wexford, interior – nave arch (blocked)
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of north elevation of nave showing (blocked) fifth bay of nave arcade with roll - and - fillet arch mouldings.
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, interior, transept chapel - capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Scalloped capital of transept chapel showing geometric d - shaped fret pattern with foliate infill.
Cistercian Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny, interior - south aisle, monks' doorway
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of monk's doorway in south ailse. Receding orders show alternating roll - and - fillet and dogtooth arch mouldings enclosed by hood mould with foliate carved label stop. The inner order is chamfered and multi - cusped; the west capital shows fine stiff - leaf foliage and the east one chevron ornament as well as…
Tintern Abbey, Saltmills, New Ross, Co Wexford, exterior - south - eastern view of east end
Photograph by Roger Stalley. East end seen from the south - east. East elevation has a large lancet window (tracery destroyed) with roll - and - fillet mouldings. North - east and south - east corners of the building have shallow angle buttresses with gabled offsets.
Cistercian Abbey Dunbrody, County Wexford, interior – window
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of paired trefoil - headed windows with roll - and - fillet cusped arch mouldings and filleted shafts.
Cistercian Abbey Dunbrody, County Wexford, interior – east end presbytery seen through the crossing from the nave
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View from west through crossing to east end presbytery showing triple lancet windows and paired lancets overhead. North elevation of nave shows first arcade bay and clerestory windows located over the piers, as is common in Irish Cistercian houses.
Cistercian Abbey Dunbrody, County Wexford, exterior – east end presbytery from the north - east
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View from north - east showing crossing tower and east end presbytery which has triple lancet windows with paired lancets overhead and a round - headed window at the apex of the gable.