Decorated style

British  

noun

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

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Decorated style

An example of the transition from the Decorated style to the Perpendicular.

From A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII by Gardiner, Samuel Rawson

The chapel, which is supposed to date from the time of King John, contains a window in the Decorated style, with old glass, and the carved woodwork is of the best in the neighbourhood.

From Edge Hill The Battle and Battlefield by Walford, Edwin

The church was built in 1862; it is in the Decorated style, and the architect was Mr. Hawkins.

From Mayfair, Belgravia, and Bayswater The Fascination of London by Besant, Walter, Sir

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 may be divided as regards its windows into two classes—Geometric and Curvilinear.

From Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them by Heath, Sidney