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ceiling

Horizontal arch, often made of wooden planking
Chancel arch

Arch at the entrance to the chancel.
Chapter room

A meeting place for the chapter or governing body of a monastery or a cathedral
Chess-board

Geometric embellishment made up of squares which are alternately protruding and hollow.
Choir stalls

Canopied and carved seats for the choir and officiating clergy in a church.
Clerestory lights
column, pillar

Usually a weight-carrying member, such as a pier or a column.

Column-shaped statue

Tall column sculpted in the form of a character.
Compound pillar

A pillar that is either made up of a solid core surrounded by a cluster of shafts, or is simply a cluster of shafts
Concave moulding

Semi-circular hollow moulding.
Console

A corbel (or console) is a piece of stone jutting out of a wall to carry any superincumbent weight. A piece of timber projecting in the same way was called a "tassel" or a "bragger".
Corbel

A stone Abutment projecting from a wall supporting vaults, arches & roofs.
Cornice

A continuous horizontal projecting course or moulding at the top of a wall.
Course

Horizontal row of stones.

Crocket

Small decorative leafy sculpture mainly used on the outer curve of arches in the 13th and 14th centuries.
Cross springer

Transverse brick or stone arch lining the vault in order to support it and separating two sections of the vault.
Cruciform

Cross shaped.
Crypt

A vaulted underground room usually at the east end of the church, beneath the chancel.
Cupola

A dome-shaped or quadrilateral-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.
Curtain wall

A straight wall linking two towers.
Cusped arch

Arch composed of several arcs or parts of a circle.