The Fall of the House of Usher- Gothic Architecture

• Pointed arches
• Very high towers and spires and roofs
• Clustered columns: tall columns that looked like a group of thin columns bundled together
• Ribbed vaults: arched ceilings made of stone. In the Gothic style they were held up by stone ribs.
• A skeleton of stonework with great big glass windows in between.
• Tracery: carved stone lace in the windows and on the walls
• Stained glass: richly colored glass in the windows, often with pictures telling stories
• Buttresses: narrow stone walls jutting out from the building to help hold it up
• Flying buttresses: buttresses that help to hold the vault up. They are made with an arch that jumps over a lower part of the building to reach the outside wall.
• Statues: of Saints, Prophets and Kings around the doors
• Many sculptures, sometimes of animals and legendary creatures. Gargoyles spout water from the roof.