The re-building and enlargement of St. Wulfram's church after a
major fire in 1222 was a process carried out over two and a half
centuries or so, say from 1250 to 1500.
This period covers most of the important styles of the Gothic
era and so makes a tour of this church particularly instructive.
Moreover, many of the windows offer examples of the various styles
of tracery which are among the finest in the country.
The principal windows are numbered 1 to 21 anti-clockwise around
the church as shown.
The main architectural styles and the corresponding
types of tracery with approximate dates are:
| Early Gothic (Early English) |
Geometrical tracery |
1200-1290 |
|
Intersecting tracery |
1290-1310 |
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| Decorated |
Reticulated tracery |
c.1310 |
|
Flowing (or Curvilinear) tracery |
1310-1360 |
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| Perpendicular |
Perpendicular tracery |
1360-1485 |
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Late Perpendicular (Tudor) |
1485-1600 |