. An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . l at Norwich, rebuilt afterthe riots in 1275, and re-consecrated by Bishop Middletonin 1278. The chapter-house of Wells was built in the time ofBishop William de Marchia, 1292—1302. The nave of Yorkwas commenced in 1291 and continued until 1340, the samestyle being adhered to : the windows have geometrical tracery. The work of Prior Henry de Estria, at Canterbury, in 1304-5,belongs also to this style. An instance of the use of geometricaltracery at a later period occurs at Canterbury, in , the contract for which ( 1336
. An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . l at Norwich, rebuilt afterthe riots in 1275, and re-consecrated by Bishop Middletonin 1278. The chapter-house of Wells was built in the time ofBishop William de Marchia, 1292—1302. The nave of Yorkwas commenced in 1291 and continued until 1340, the samestyle being adhered to : the windows have geometrical tracery. The work of Prior Henry de Estria, at Canterbury, in 1304-5,belongs also to this style. An instance of the use of geometricaltracery at a later period occurs at Canterbury, in , the contract for which ( 1336) is extant. Many windows of this style, especially in the timeof Edward I., havethe rear arch orna-mented with cusps,with a hollow spaceover the head ofthe window in thethickness of thewall, between therear arch and theouter arch, as atPiddington, Ox-fordshire (123).This feature wasnot continued inthe Perpendicularstyle, when thearch usually hasa wide and flat shallow moulding I 123. Piddington, Oxfordshire, c 1300. J* Shewing a cuspated rear i66 DECORATED WINDOWS. Windows with flowing tracery, and those with reti-culated, or net-like forms (124), are in general some-what later than thegeometrical pat-terns ; at least, theydo not seem to havebeen introducedquite so early; butthey are very fre-quently contempo-raneous, and bothclasses may oftenbe found side byside in the samebuilding, evidentlyerected at the sametime. An early in-stance of this occursat Stoke Golding,in Leicestershire, built between 1275 , - ^ 124. St. Mary Magdalen Churcli, Oxford, c. 1320. ana l^yU, as ap- shewing flowing tracery with cusps, of thepears by an inscrip- variety called reticulated, or net-like. tion still remaining: the windows have mostly geo-metrical tracery, but several have flowing^. Severalchurches in JNorthamptonshire have windows withtracery alternately geometrical and flowing. The samemixture occurs in the glorious churches of Selby Ab-bey, Yorkshire, and St. Marys, Beverley. Er
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