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===Medieval and Early Modern=== *[[Gloucester Cathedral]], cloisters, earliest fan vaulting begun 1373 by Abbot Horton *[[King's College Chapel, Cambridge]], the world's largest fan vault (1512β1515) *[[Bath Abbey]], Somerset, nave and chancel (1860s restoration; originally by [[William Vertue]]) *[[Brasenose College, Oxford]], Chapel ceiling β a spectacular example of plaster pendant fan vaulting *[[Canterbury Cathedral]], crossing tower by [[John Wastell]], Henry VI's chantry chapel *[[Christ Church, Oxford]], staircase to the great hall *[[Church of St Andrew, Mells]], Somerset, porch<ref name="leedy"/> *[[Church of St John the Baptist, Axbridge]], Somerset, crossing<ref name="leedy">{{Cite book|first = Walter|last=Leedy|year=1980|title=Fan Vaulting: A Study of Form, Technology and Meaning|publisher=Arts+Architecture}}</ref> *[[Church of St Peter and St Paul, Muchelney]], Somerset, under the tower<ref name="leedy"/> *[[Church of St. John the Baptist, Cirencester]], Gloucestershire, porch and north chapel *[[Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick]], Dean's Chapel *[[Convocation House]], Oxford *[[Corpus Christi College, Cambridge]], main gateway *[[Ely Cathedral]], [[John Alcock (bishop)|Bishop Alcock]]'s chantry chapel *[[Eton College Chapel]] (the vault dates from 1958) *[[Hampton Court Palace]], Great Gate and oriel window in the Great Hall *[[Henry VII's Lady Chapel]], [[Westminster Abbey]], London, 1503β1509<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/images/conway/92eafb11.html |title=''Art and Architecture'' fan vault example from Henry VII Lady Chapel |access-date=17 November 2006 |archive-date=23 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923174122/http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/images/conway/92eafb11.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> (with [[Pendant vault|pendants]], by [[William Vertue]]) *[[Lincoln's Inn#Chapel|Lincoln's Inn Chapel]], undercroft<ref name="Teller2004">{{cite book|last=Teller|first=Matthew|title=The Rough Guide to Britain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AOt1Hb8MOQUC&q=%22fan-vaulted%20open%20undercroft%22&pg=PA114|access-date=7 August 2014|year=2004|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-84353-301-6|page=114}}</ref> *[[Manchester Cathedral]], under the tower *[[Milton Abbey]], Dorset, crossing (by [[William Smyth (architect)|William Smyth]])<ref name="harvey"/> *[[Peterborough Cathedral]], Cambridgeshire, retrochoir *Red Mount Chapel, [[King's Lynn]] *[[Sherborne Abbey]], Dorset, quire c. 1430, nave c. 1490 (by [[William Smyth (architect)|William Smyth]])<ref name="harvey"/> *St Andrew's Church, [[Cullompton]], Devon, south aisle *[[St Bartholomew's Church, Tong|St Bartholomew's Church]], [[Tong, Shropshire]], chantry chapel<ref name="leedy"/> *[[St David's Cathedral]], Wales, Trinity Chapel *[[St Mary Aldermary]], London (by [[Christopher Wren]]) *[[St Mary's Church, North Leigh]], Oxfordshire, Wilcote chantry chapel<ref name="leedy"/> *St Mary's Church, [[Ottery St Mary]], Devon, aisle *St Stephen's [[cloister]] at the [[Palace of Westminster]] (1529)<ref>[http://www.englishheritageimages.com/low.php?xp=media&xm=1177814 Westminster Palace] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710193239/http://www.englishheritageimages.com/low.php?xp=media&xm=1177814 |date=2011-07-10 }} β English Heritage images</ref> *[[St. George's Chapel, Windsor]], crossing, Urswick chantry chapel *[[Tewkesbury Abbey]], cloister (only one bay remains) *[[University College, Oxford]], gatehouse vaults *[[University Church of St Mary the Virgin]], Oxford, porch *[[Wells Cathedral]], crossing (by [[William Smyth (architect)|William Smyth]])<ref name="harvey"/> *[[Winchester Cathedral]], Beaufort and Waynflete chantry chapels *St. Mary's Church, Putney, Bishop West chapel {{centre|{{gallery|width=145 |File:Bath Abbey, South aisle.jpg | [[Bath Abbey]] |File:Cambridge King's College Chapel ceiling 003.jpg | [[King's College Chapel, Cambridge]] |File:Canterbury Cathedral, fan vaulting of the crossing.jpg | [[Canterbury Cathedral]] |File:Cirencester Church (St. John the Baptist) (29380064254).jpg | [[Church of St. John the Baptist, Cirencester]] |File:Cullompton, fan vaulting in St Andrew's church - geograph.org.uk - 858632.jpg | [[Cullompton#St_Andrew's_Church|St. Andrew's Church, Cullompton]] |File:Gloucester Cathedral cloisters.jpg | [[Gloucester Cathedral]] |File:Milton Abbey church (St. Mary, St. Michael, St. Sampson and St. Branwaleder) (48646274233).jpg | [[Milton Abbey]] |File:OxfordCathederal.jpg | [[Oxford Cathedral]] |File:Christ Church, Oxford, Staircase ceiling.jpg | [[Christ Church, Oxford]] |File:Peterborough Cathedral fan vaulting.jpg | [[Peterborough Cathedral]] |File:Sherborne Abbey (vault).jpg | [[Sherborne Abbey]] |File:Deans Chapel.jpg | [[Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick]] |File:Westminster abbey16.jpg | [[Henry VII Chapel]], [[Westminster Abbey]] |File:Winchester Cathedral chantry chapel fan vault.jpg | [[Winchester Cathedral]] }}}}
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