Decorated style
Britishnoun
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Between 1360 and 1399 the Decorated style gave place to the Perpendicular, which prevailed from 1377 to 1547, and was an exclusively English style.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
The fabric of the nave is of the Decorated style, though modern in date, with Perpendicular clerestory, having five three-light windows, on the north and south sides.
From A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time by Walter, James Conway
He found the choir and presbytery converted, to a great extent, to the Decorated style, though the Norman aisles remained.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Sergeant, Philip Walsingham
The lower part of the whole is of deeply cut diaper-work; the upper part has an open arcade of six arches, each with a mullion and tracery in the early Decorated style.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See by Sweeting, W. D. (Walter Debenham)
The Decorated style, which prevailed during the fourteenth century.
From The Children of Westminster Abbey Studies in English History by Kingsley, Rose Georgina
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