St Patrick's Cathedral, Cashel, Co Tipperary, interior - north choir elevation windows

St Patrick's Cathedral, Cashel, Co Tipperary, interior - north choir elevation windows

Cashel, Tipperary South Riding, Tipperary, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of the choir from the east showing rere - arches of quatrefoil windows filling the spandrels between five hood moulded lancet windows. The lancet windows have reveals and rere - arches richly treated with en - délit shafts (now missing), varied bell - capitals and arches moulded with roll - and - fillets, hollows and rolls along with roll - and - filleted hoods. The rere - arches of the quatrefoil windows are unusual, having shafts with moulded bases and foliate capitals, shallow moulded arches above and moulded, curved sills below. A portion of north elevation of the crossing tower is visible showing chamfered arch mouldings, roof - line scar on the north elevation of the crossing tower and portal to tower access passage in the north - east corner of the tower.

Architecture, Medieval - Ireland, Architecture, Gothic - Ireland, Ecclesiastical architecture, Cathedrals - Ireland, Tipperary (Ireland : County) Buildings, structures, etc., Windows - History, Tracery (Architecture), choir, lancet window, quatrefoil window, rere - arch, foliate capital, spandrel, roll - and - fillet moulding, crossing tower, chamfered moulding, stiff - leaf foliage

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