Clerestory

The upper parts of walls carried on arcades or colonnades in the nave, choir or transepts of a church or hall, rising higher than the lean-to roofs of the aisles and pierced with windows to allow light to penetrate.

St Nicholas' Church, Blakeney, showing the two towers, the seven lancet east window and the clerestory.

St Nicholas' Church, Blakeney, showing the two towers, the seven lancet east window and the clerestory. (© NCC)