Decorated style

noun

a 14th-century style of English architecture characterized by the ogee arch, geometrical tracery, and floral decoration

Coity church, dating from the 14th century, is a fine cruciform building with central embattled tower in Early Decorated style.

So far all is simple: but as we approach the decorated style, the symbolism becomes excessively complicated.

It is in the decorated style of Gothic, and has a row of picturesque gable-ends lining the north-east side.

Numerous instances of this kind occur in antient churches and halls built in the decorated style.

In the decorated style of the fourteenth century tracery was developed till it reached a great pitch of perfection and intricacy.

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