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Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, interior - base (detail)
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of base showing torus and thin horizontal rolls on a square plinth with a spur.
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, interior - window
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of pointed window set in deep splays.
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, interior, crossing pier - capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. South - west crossing pier showing scallop capital with guilloche beaded strapwork and foliate infills.
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, interior, nave, north elevation - arcade
Photograph by Roger Stalley. North elevation of nave showing six - bay pointed arch arcade with round - headed clerestory windows over the piers. Piers, varied in design (round, square and octagonal) have scallop capitals and rest on a perpyn wall (damaged).
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, exterior - north wall, window
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Cusped vessica surmounts twin cusped ogee lights.
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, interior, crossing pier - capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Capital of north - west crossing pier showing beaded zig - zag bands with infill of floral motifs and interlace.
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, interior, crossing pier - capital (detail)
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of scalloped capital shows underside with foliate carving.
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, interior, crossing pier - capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Scallop capital of cylindrical crossing pier showing beaded strapwork with foliate infill.
Cistercian Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny, exterior - nave, north elevation of west end
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of north elevation of west end of nave showing roofless north aisle with single round - headed window, blocked up pointed arches of nave arcade, stringcourse and clerestory with paired round - headed windows.
Cistercian Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny, interior - presbytery, window and springer detail
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of north - east corner of presbytery showing rib vault springer, rib mouldings comprise of roll - and - fillets flanked by rolls; vault supported by bell capital and filleted shaft. Lancet window on north elevation of presbytery has multiple annulets; rere - arch suported by bell capital.
Cistercian Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny, interior - arched recess with tomb effigy
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of arched recess (blocked nave arcade?) containing tomb effigy, memorial plaque and tomb slab. Arch has roll - and - fillet moulding and scroll carved label stop.
Cistercian Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny, interior - corbel
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of corbel showing nailhead and dogtooth ornament.
Cistercian Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny, interior - capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of corbel with nailhead, stiff - leaf foliage, cable moulding and foliate ornamentation.
Cistercian Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny, interior - clerestory
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View showing clerestory above a stringcourse with one set of paired round - headed windows and single round - headed window with the apex of two pointed arches below.
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, Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny, interior - south aisle, detail of monks' doorway
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of the monks' doorway in south aisle showing jambs and orders. One capital is badly damaged but the other shows fine stiff - leaf foliage carving and cable moulding. Soffit mouldings show dogtooth and roll - and - fillet designs while the jambs are plain shafts. Inner order of doorway has cusped, round - headed…
Cistercian Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny, interior - nave arcade, cluster pier and capitals
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of south - east jamb and capital of the nave arch to the presbytery showing soffit rolls of the arch resting on bell capitals and filleted shafts. There are remains of dogtooth ornament on the necking of the centre capital.