Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The upper story of a church, perforated by a range of windows, which form the principal source of light for the central portions of the building.
- noun The raised part of the roof of a railroad-car, which contains the ventilating windows.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch.) The upper story of the nave of a church, containing windows, and rising above the aisle roofs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
clerestory .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light
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Examples
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Plenty of daylight makes it to the interior space thanks to a simple polycarbonate clearstory, and the interior is finished with plywood and pegboard to hang all of your gardening tools.
Beautiful Garden Studio Built from Reclaimed Fence | Inhabitat 2009
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The solid wall never touches the roof allowing the house to have a private face to the street while maintaining views through the clearstory towards the forest.
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So we have lots glazing with clearstory windows, skylights, and solatubes.
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I have a clearstory that uses the stack effect to cool our Texas home and I am always looking for sources to explain the theory.
GREEN BUILDING 101: Energy & Atmosphere – Keeping cool and staying warm | Inhabitat 2006
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While the north aisle is later than the south, the clearstory, as has been said is earlier, being of late Decorated date with large three-light windows of reticulated tracery.
The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains Frederick W. Woodhouse
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The resemblances between this clearstory, and that of St. John's chancel, raise the question of priority.
The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains Frederick W. Woodhouse
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It is interesting to compare the design of this clearstory with that of St. Michael's.
The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains Frederick W. Woodhouse
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We have no record of the building of the clearstory and roof of the nave.
The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains Frederick W. Woodhouse
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The = chancel = is dark owing to the small clearstory windows, the low outer north aisle, and the concealment of a south window by the organ.
The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains Frederick W. Woodhouse
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Much was brought from the clearstory where six windows on the south and all save one on the north side still have panels made up of a mosaic of fragments with portions here and there of which the subject is intelligible.
The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains Frederick W. Woodhouse
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