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Medieval Styles of Britain and Ireland

Architectural styles from the Medieval period that arose in or belong to Britain and Ireland, grouped by the place their own cited articles name. A style belongs here when its cited article places it in Britain and Ireland. Styles of other regions sit in the matching regional groups of the same subcategory, and styles whose article names no region are left in the subcategory until a regional group fits them.

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Early English Gothic (Wikipedia)
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Early English Gothic (also First Pointed, Lancet Gothic or Early Gothic, abbreviated to E.E.) was the first phase of English Gothic architecture, distinguished by pointed arches, lancet windows and rib vaults.
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Decorated Gothic (Wikipedia)
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Decorated Gothic (also Second Pointed, often abbreviated to Dec) was the second phase of English Gothic architecture, in vogue from the mid-13th to mid-14th centuries.
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Perpendicular Gothic (Wikipedia)
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Perpendicular Gothic (also Perpendicular, Perp, Rectilinear, or Third Pointed) architecture was the third and final style of English Gothic architecture developed in the Kingdom of England during the Late Middle Ages, typified by large windows, four-centred arches, straight vertical and horizontal lines in the tracery, and regular arch-topped rectangular panelling.
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Wikipedia: Norman architecture
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Norman architecture is the style of Romanesque architecture developed by the Normans in the 11th and 12th centuries.
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Anglo-Saxon architecture (Wikipedia)
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Anglo-Saxon architecture was a period in the history of architecture in England from the mid-5th century until the Norman Conquest of 1066.
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