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ceilingHorizontal arch, often made of wooden planking
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Chancel archArch at the entrance to the chancel.
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Chapter roomA meeting place for the chapter or governing body of a monastery or a cathedral
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Chess-boardGeometric embellishment made up of squares which are alternately protruding and hollow.
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Choir stallsCanopied and carved seats for the choir and officiating clergy in a church.
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Clerestory lights
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column, pillarUsually a weight-carrying member, such as a pier or a column.
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Column-shaped statueTall column sculpted in the form of a character.
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Compound pillar
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Concave mouldingSemi-circular hollow moulding.
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Console
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Corbel
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CorniceA continuous horizontal projecting course or moulding at the top of a wall.
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CourseHorizontal row of stones.
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CrocketSmall decorative leafy sculpture mainly used on the outer curve of arches in the 13th and 14th centuries.
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Cross springer
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CruciformCross shaped.
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CryptA vaulted underground room usually at the east end of the church, beneath the chancel.
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Cupola
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Curtain wallA straight wall linking two towers.
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Cusped archArch composed of several arcs or parts of a circle.