Edington Priory
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Edington Priory in Wiltshire, England, was founded by William Edington, the bishop of Winchester, in 1351 in his home village of Edington, about 3+3⁄4 miles east of the town of Westbury. The priory ch
The church in 2008
Edington priory house, 1826
Ladywell, Edington
The church and Priory House, under the scarp of Salisbury Plain
Perpendicular Gothic
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Perpendicular Gothic architecture was the third and final style of English Gothic architecture developed in the Kingdom of England during the Late Middle Ages, typified by large windows, four-centred
Edington Priory
…Cathedral, and from 1542 to 1554 the first bishop of Bristol. The church stands today, a good example of the transition between the decorated and perpendicular style of church-building. Pevsner writes "A wonderful church and a highly important church. It is so varied in its skyline and so freely embattled that…
King's College Chapel, Cambridge, Great East Window (four-centred arch, straight mullions and transoms)
The chancel of Gloucester Cathedral (c. 1337–1357)
Chapter house by William de Ramsey (c. 1332) at Old St Paul's Cathedral (by Wenceslaus Hollar); destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666
Four-centred arch west window of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle