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- Westminster Abbey, where their clerestories account for nearly a third of the height of the interior. Modern clerestories often are defined as vertical...
- longer arches of finer design, which run from the outer surface of the clerestory wall, over the roof of the side aisles (hence the visibility from the...
- it may occur at the level of the clerestory windows, or it may be located as a separate level below the clerestory. Masonry triforia are generally vaulted...
- over-budget. It proved very difficult to properly seal the gl**** tubing of the clerestories and roof, and leaks occurred. The problem was not solved until the company...
- (middle) and clerestory (top) Notre-Dame de Paris nave (rebuilt 1180–1220) Three-part elevation of Chartres Cathedral, with larger clerestory windows Nave...
- strongly characteristic late medieval parish churches - the naves had no clerestories, any added aisles and chapels were separately gabled, all in simple Perpendicular...
- facing toward the sun, clerestories and other windows may admit unacceptable glare. In the case of a p****ive solar house, clerestories may provide a direct...
- of pinnacles and moldings. They combined the triforium gallery and the clerestory into single space and filled it with stained gl****. They made extensive...
- brick, and a slate roof. The plan consists of a nine-bay nave with a clerestory, lean-to aisles, a chancel with a round apse and a high thin northwest...
- typically of two stages, with a third stage of window openings known as the clerestory rising above them. Arcading on a large scale generally fulfils a structural...