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St Patrick's Cathedral, Cashel, Co Tipperary, interior - north transept, north elevation, windows
Photograph by Roger Stalley. General view of the upper part of the north elevation of north transept. The triplet of deeply splayed lancets have rere - arches treated with roll - and - fillets. These are supported by endélit shafts (some of which are missing) punctuated with annulets and topped with capitals of varied design including stiff -…
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Cashel, Co Tipperary, exterior - view from the north - east
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of St. Patrick's Cathedral on the Rock of Cashel from the north - east showing the nave with buttress on the north elevation; northern transept with gableted niches, three lancet lights surmounted by a rose window, two side chapels and round tower at the north - eastern corner; central crossing tower; west tower.…
St Patrick's Cathedral, Cashel, Co Tipperary, interior - crossing capitals
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of crossing capitals. Outer order of the crossing has roll - and - fillet angle rolls terminating in bell capitals. The central order has an engaged frontal roll - and - fillet topped with a stiff - leaf capital which supports a soffit - roll, which itself is essentially another chamfered order.
St Patrick's Cathedral, Cashel, Co Tipperary, interior - north choir elevation, window rere - arch (detail)
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of rere - arch of lancet in north wall of choir dominated by capital with stiff - leaf foliate carving. Endélit shaft is missing but flanking roll - and - fillet shafts remain, these are terminated at the top with fleur - de - lis in relief. Above are filleted arch mouldings and a hood moulding which terminates in…
St Patrick's Cathedral, Cashel, Co Tipperary, interior - north choir elevation, window rere - arch capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of a shaft between the two rere - arches. The whitewash left and right is on the splay of the lancets - which run in a continuous sequence. The jamb is moulded with a large central hollow (to house a now missing endélit shaft) flanked by roll - and - fillets and further hollows. The outer hollows terminate in…
St Patrick's Cathedral, Cashel, Co Tipperary, interior - north choir elevation, window rere - arch capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of a shaft between the two rere - arches. The whitewash left and right is on the splay of the lancets - which run in a continuous sequence. The jamb is moulded with a large central hollow (to house a now missing endélit shaft) flanked by roll - and - fillets and further hollows. This stiff - leaf capital has a…
St Patrick's Cathedral, Cashel, Co Tipperary, interior - north transept, west elevation, window (detail)
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of lancet window in west elevation of north transept surmounted by corbels. Hood moulding is treated with an ogee and foliate label stops. Rere - arch of window treated with bell capitals with nailhead ornament and engaged shafts sitting within a shallow hollow.
St Patrick's Cathedral, Cashel, Co Tipperary, interior - window (detail)
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of rere - arch of lancet window treated with an angle shaft flanked by hollows surmounted by a stiff - leaf bell capital, in turn supporting moulded arch and hood. Arch and hood moulded with hollows, rolls and roll - and - fillets. Hood terminates in label stop comprised of a ball of stiff - leaf foliage.
St Patrick's Cathedral, Cashel, Co Tipperary, interior - north transept, north elevation, lancet windows (detail)
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of the junction between the rere - arches of two (of three) deeply splayed lancet windows in the north elevation of the north transept. The arches have a stiff - leaf foliage label stop, moulded bell capital and roll - and - fillet arch mouldings. The curve of the right hand arch, which is the central one of…
St Patrick's Cathedral, Cashel, Co Tipperary, interior - lancet window rere - arch (detail)
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Rere - arch of deeply splayed lancet window. The arris is treated with an engaged shaft set in a hollow topped with a stiff - leaf bell capital. The arch above is moulded with roll and fillets. The hood has an ogee - like moulding of a roll and hollow with a stop formed of a head in the guise of a king.
Hore Abbey, Cashel, Co Tipperary, exterior - view from the north - east
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Hore Abbey viewed from the north - east showing east end with triple lancets and corner buttresses; remains of the chapter house are present in the north - facing cloister which is the only example of this layout in Irish Cistercian architecture.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - nave, south - west crossing pier
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of the south - west crossing pier. Diamond - shaped in plan, the pier has large filleted shafts and bases with elongated bells on the diagonal face. Moulding style is similar to fourteenth - century work in the south transept suggesting they were constructed concurrently. Substantial form of the pier suggests it…
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - north nave arcade, pier fragments
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of north arcade showing fragments of various piers. One with octagonal chamfered base and vertical double - ogee mouldings resting on a high chamfered plinth of late Gothic type. Another fragment is a filleted shaft with a base set on a high round plinth. The final fragment is a vertical filleted angle - shaft…
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - east end presbytery, north elevation, stringcourse (detail)
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of east end of presbytery showing corner of north and east elevations with a stringcourse moulded with roll - and - fillet moulded and upper hollow.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, exterior - cloister arcade (south side)
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Reconstructed section of the south side of the cloister viewed from the south west showing arcade of twin colonettes composed of twin, round en délit shafts and scalloped capitals surmounted by round arches.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, exterior - cloister arcade (south side)
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Reconstructed section of the south side of the cloister showing arcade of twin colonettes of round en délit shafts and scalloped capitals supporting round arches.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo capital and vault rib
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Interior of the lavabo showing capital with acanthus foliate carving, stringcourse and vault rib.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, exterior - west end, crypt
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Exterior view of crypt from the west showing stone access steps to the nave. West elevation shows four small windows, previously each had a cruciform grille. The crypt is composed of a main chamber accessed from the nave by stone steps. It gives onto a roughly square - planned room under the west bay of the north aisle…
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, Collon, County Louth - interior, west end - crypt
Photograph by Roger Stalley. West - end crypt viewed from the south. The rectangular main chamber is accessed via stone steps and is lit by four small windows in the west wall, each had a cruciform grille. A doorway leads from this main chamber to a roughly square - planned room under the west bay of the north aisle. It receives no direct lighting.…