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Identifying feature

Lancet window

A tall, narrow window topped by a pointed arch. It is common in English Gothic churches of the late 1100s and 1200s and in Gothic Revival buildings.

also seen on

Brick GothicCarpenter GothicGothicGothic RevivalHigh Victorian Gothic

often seen with

Pointed arch An arch whose two curved sides meet at a point, called the apex. Steep gable The triangular upper part of an end wall, framed by the two slopes of a steep roof. Buttress A mass of stone or brick built against an outside wall to resist the outward push, called thrust, of the roof. Spire A tall, tapering structure in the form of a cone or narrow pyramid, built on top of a tower or roof. Tracery window A window divided by vertical stone bars called mullions, which branch at the top into curved stonework… Bell tower A tall tower that holds bells or a clock, rising from or beside a church or public building. Belt course A flat horizontal band of stone or brick running across a facade between floors, also called a stringcourse. Roof finial A small upright ornament fixed to the top of a roof peak, gable or spire, often a spike, ball or carved…