In architecture, a clerestory (/ˈklɪərstɔːri/ KLEER-stor-ee; lit. 'clear storey', also clearstory, clearstorey, or overstorey; from Old French cler estor)...

it may occur at the level of the clerestory windows, or it may be located as a separate level below the clerestory. Masonry triforia are generally vaulted...

(middle) and clerestory (top) Notre-Dame de Paris nave (rebuilt 1180–1220) Three-part elevation of Chartres Cathedral, with larger clerestory windows Nave...

western tower. The top floor of the eastern tower was removed, and a new clerestory level was built over the nave, east tower and apse. Windows of the western...

longer arches of finer design, which run from the outer surface of the clerestory wall, over the roof of the side aisles (hence the visibility from the...

1+1⁄2-story, frame house. It has an English basement, gable roof, and features clerestory dormer windows. In 1848, a 13 feet by 30 feet addition was added to the...

facing toward the sun, clerestories and other windows may admit unacceptable glare. In the case of a passive solar house, clerestories may provide a direct...

typically of two stages, with a third stage of window openings known as the clerestory rising above them. Arcading on a large scale generally fulfils a structural...

eliminate the clerestory wall connecting the nave and the chancel, widening the transept to 165 feet (50 m). As the arches and clerestory began to rise...

windows, transom windows, sidelight windows, jalousie or louvered windows, clerestory windows, lancet windows, skylights, roof windows, roof lanterns, bay windows...

bay, the clerestory windows are each made up of a pair of lancets with a plate-traceried rose window above. The nave and transept clerestory windows mainly...

swung. There is a hammerbeam roof. The nave comprises five bays and a clerestory, all with stained glass. In all, the building's stained glass includes...

of pinnacles and moldings. They combined the triforium gallery and the clerestory into single space and filled it with stained glass. They made extensive...

four tons. The windows of the clerestory are by Charles J. Connick of Boston, Massachusetts. There are ten clerestory windows in two groups. The windows...

brick, and a slate roof. The plan consists of a nine-bay nave with a clerestory, lean-to aisles, a chancel with a round apse and a high thin northwest...

particularly thick to avoid the need for external buttresses altogether. The clerestory and vault are reinforced with flying buttresses, which were added at a...

Express, a train musical in which two characters are modeled on a Pullman. Clerestory § Transportation, Railway Coach roof design following the Pullman American...

roof at two levels, being higher in the centre over the nave to admit a clerestory and lower over the side-aisles. An apse at one end, or less frequently...

to change the color scheme, level out the sloping walls and remove the clerestory windows, which led to prolonged disputes with Wright. By early 1958, Harry...

he survived. 7-Plank Open Wagon Old Slow Coach A Great Western Railway clerestory brake coach, known for her luxurious interior. Diagram E39 Falmouth Coupe...

sculpture, The Beggar, by the expressionist Ernst Barlach. Northern façade clerestory. The upper levels of the nave are built in stone while the rest of the...

(4.9 m) tall. The clerestory level of the nave rises for 38 feet (12 m) above the triforium and contains six bays. Each clerestory window is 14.5 feet...

roof has ornamental iron cresting and a central half-story cupola with clerestory. In 1888, Charles M. Higgins (1854-1929) acquired the building to use...

painted scenes from Saint Paul's life placed between the windows of the clerestory. South of the transept is the cloister, considered "one of the most beautiful...

vaulting (1608, restored 1860s) over the nave at Bath Abbey, Bath, England. Suppression of the triforium offers a greater expanse of clerestory windows....

to an architectural basilica, where the nave is lit from above by the clerestory, a hall church is lit by the windows of the side walls typically spanning...

The halls were longitudinal, aisled, and flooded with light from large clerestory windows. Floors and walls were richly decorated with mosaic and inlay –...

worshippers, and to restore historic elements like stained glass windows, clerestory windows, and interior walls. The renovation, approved by the New York...

were used on these grill type (2000–2499), box type (2500–2599), and clerestory type (2600–2899, 4000–4049). With the earlier ACF cars, the interior ventilation...

style of Gothic architecture. The Rayonnant appeared in the triforium and clerestory, which were begun in 1236, and in the enlarged high windows of the choir...