Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, interior - north nave arcade, west windows

Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, interior - north nave arcade, west windows

Jerpoint, County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland, Leinster, Europe

Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of north arcade of nave from the south - east showing chamfered arches resting on scallop capitals and alternating square and cylindrical piers on low perpyn walls. The west gable has three round headed windows with a smaller single light over the central window. The round headed clerestory windows are located over the piers as is common in Irish Cistercian houses.

Architecture, Medieval - Ireland, Architecture, Gothic - Ireland, Ecclesiastical architecture, Cistercian architecture, Kilkenny (Ireland) - Buildings, structures, etc., Capitals (Architecture), Romanesque, Arcades (Architecture), nave, pointed arch, round - headed window, scallop capital, square pier, clerestory, cylindrical pier, plinth, west gable, hood moulding, chamfered moulding, perpyn wall

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