The Romanesque Transept and Choir Elevations of Tewkesbury and Pershore
John McAleer
It has long been thought that the late 11th-century Romanesque abbey churches of Tewkesbury and Pershore, in West Country England, had, originally, four-story elevations consisting arcade, gallery, wall passage, clerestory. However, a close examination fabric reveals no trace former clerestory but rather, more significantly, considerable evidence major spans had covered by barrel vaults. Thus, these buildings, joined Gloucester Cathedral, can now be identified as small important group large-scale vaulted structures an area where none recognized, paralleling contemporary Continental developments.
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