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.

List of buildings with pendant vaults

• Quire and lady chapel of Christchurch Priory - Lierne vault (1395)
• Dean's Chapel, Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick - Fan vault
• Divinity School, Oxford - Lierne vault by William Orchard (1480s).
• Chancel of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford - Lierne vault by William Orchard (1500)^[1].
• Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey - Fan vault by William Vertue (1503–1509).
• Quire of St George's Chapel, Windsor - Lierne vault
• Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace - Lierne vault
• Oriel window, Great Hall, Hampton Court Palace - Fan vault
• Notre Dame, Caudebec-en-Caux - Tierceron vault (c1500)^[2][3].
• Chapelle du Saint-Esprit, Rue, Somme - Tierceron vault
• Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Most), Czech Republic - Lierne vault with flying ribs
• Chapel of Křivoklát Castle, Czech Republic - Lierne vault with flying ribs
• Église Saint-Eustache, Paris - Lierne vault
• St Catherine's Chapel, St Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna - small Lierne vault with flying ribs
• Albi Cathedral^[4] - Tierceron vault
• Church of Saint-Pierre, Caen - Lierne vault
• Église Notre-Dame-des-Marais, La Ferté-Bernard - Lierne vault
• Chapel Notre-Dame de Bon Secours, Noyon Cathedral - Lierne vault
• Side chapels, Senlis Cathedral - Lierne vault with flying ribs by Martin Chambiges
• Side chapel, Église St. Étienne, Beauvais - Lierne vault with flying ribs by Martin Chambiges
• Rood screen, St. Madeleine, Troyes - Lierne vault

List of gothic revival buildings with pendant vaults

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

References

1. ^ "Chancel vault". http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=313&Itemid=376. 
2. ^ "Langland database : Caudebec-en-Caux". http://ica.princeton.edu/langland/index.php?p=600&s=. 
3. ^ Leedy, Walter (1980). Fan vaulting: A study of form, technology, and meaning. Scholar Press. 
4. ^ "Albi Cathedral". http://www.brynmawr.edu/Acads/Cities/wld/01660/01660m.html.