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Pendant vault

A pendant vault is a rare form of vault used in late Gothic architecture in which large decorative pendants hang from the vault at a distance from the walls. In some cases, the pendants are a large form of boss.

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List of buildings with pendant vaults

  • Albi Cathedral - Tierceron vault
  • Chapel Notre-Dame de Bon Secours, Noyon Cathedral - Lierne vault
  • Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace - Lierne vault
  • Chapelle du Saint-Esprit, Rue, Somme - Tierceron vault
  • Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, chancel - Lierne vault by William Orchard (1500).
  • Christchurch Priory, quire and lady chapel - Lierne vault (1395)
  • Church of Saint-Pierre, Caen - Lierne vault
  • Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Most), Czech Republic - Lierne vault with flying ribs
  • Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick, Dean's chapel - Fan vault
  • Divinity School, Oxford - Lierne vault by William Orchard (1480s).
  • Église Notre-Dame-des-Marais, La Ferté-Bernard - Lierne vault
  • Église St. Étienne, Beauvais, side chapel - Lierne vault with flying ribs by Martin Chambiges
  • Église Saint-Eustache, Paris - Lierne vault
  • Great Hall, oriel window, Hampton Court Palace - Fan vault
  • Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey - Fan vault by William Vertue (1503–1509).
  • Křivoklát Castle, chapel - Lierne vault with flying ribs
  • Notre Dame, Caudebec-en-Caux - Tierceron vault (c1500).
  • Senlis Cathedral, side chapels - Lierne vault with flying ribs by Martin Chambiges
  • St Catherine's Chapel, St Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna - small Lierne vault with flying ribs
  • St George's Chapel, Windsor , quire - Lierne vault
  • St. Madeleine, Troyes , rood screen - Lierne vault
  • List of gothic revival buildings with pendant vaults

  • St John's Church, Edinburgh - Fan vault
  • Unitarian Church in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States - Fan vault
  • St Mary's Church, Wellingborough, Wellingborough - Fan vault
  • References

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