Stone or wooden table at the east end of the church for celebration of Holy Communion or Mass

Subsiduary space alongside the body of a building, separated from it by columns, piers or posts

A walkway often in the form of passage around the sanctuary

Semi circular or polygonal end of an apartment especially of a chancel sometimes called an exedra

Series of arches supported by piers or columns

Style originating in Rome circa 1600

A Roman public hall, hence an aisled building

Chamber in a tower where bells are hung

A projection e.g. at the intersection of the ribs in a vault

Vertical member projecting from a wall to stabilise the building

Head of a column or pilaster

Ornate frame around a tablet

Part of the east end of a church originally set apart for the use of clergy

Chapel attached to church endowed for the celebration of masses for the soul of the founder

Part of a church where choristers sing the service

Upper most storey of the nave of a church with windows

Projecting block supporting something above

Leafy hooks often in stone decorating a spire

Underground area normally at east end of church

English gothic architecture c. 290 – c.350

English gothic architecture c.1190 – 1250

Earthenware tiles fired with a pattern and glaze

Projecting water spout often carved in human or animal shape

A central stone to an arch or vault

Slender single – light , pointed – arched window

Roofed gateway entrance to church yard

Shelf on a carved bracket placed on the underside of a hinged choir stall seat

The body of the church west of the crossing or chancel often flanked by aisles

Double curve, bending first one way and then the other

A formalised gable derived from classical temples

Seating for the laity in a church

The flat representation of a flat classical column in shallow relief

Free standing upright

Basin for washing communion vessels set against a wall south of the altar

Carved ornament of leaves and flowers as a finial for a bench end or stall

Raised and enclosed platform for the preaching of sermons

Dressed stones at the angles of a building

Painted or sculpted screen behind the altar

A crucifix flanked by the virgin and St John often on a beam at the chancel crossing

Style current in English architecture in 11th / 12th century also called Norman

Area around the main altar

In a medieval church usually a cross in the entry to the chancel

Seat for priests in the chancel

Tall pyramidal or conical feature topping a tower or turret

Fixed seat in the choir for clergy

Transfers portion of a church

The architectural phase between Romanesque and early English (c.1175 -1200)

Middle storey of a church often as an arcaded passage

Arched stone roof