In England, this motif usually appears in a prominent place in the church, such as the central rib of the chancel roof, or on a central rib of the nave.

The roof in the chancel is painted and its height gives the church a very open feeling.

* St. Michael's parish church, Lyneham, Wiltshire: nave roof and chancel, 1862 – 65

The interior is a typical Victorian church structure with a chancel arch, hammer beam roof and large sanctuary with sparse but dignified decoration.

* St Peter and St Paul, Buckingham Church Buckingham, ( 1862 – 1878 ), additions to the original 1780 church including chancel, buttresses, porch, roof and nave alterations.

The ringing room is a metal ' cage ' suspended high above the chancel crossing ; it is accessed by means of two stone spiral staircases, a walkway through the roof, a squeeze through a narrow passage and a see-through iron staircase.

The church was reseated in 1865 at the expense of Lady Strickland, and between about 1892 and 1897 the nave, chancel and roof were entirely rebuilt from the designs of W. & C. A. Bassett-Smith, architects, of London.

The present roof of the nave and south porch are 15th century, when the chancel was also rebuilt.

The chancel roof is modern.

The present chancel roof dates from the 17th century.

The nave, chancel arch and chancel roof were renewed in the 15th century.

St. Nicholas ' chancel, showing 14th-century Decorated Gothic east window with reticulated tracery and 14th-century roof.

The lower-pitched chancel roof is probably 16th century.

Gambier-Parry adorned the whole of the chancel, including the roof, and much of the nave with frescoes using the new Gambier Parry process he adapted from his study of Italian fresco painters.

Later pure Perpendicular Gothic additions include the windows and north door in the north aisle, the present clerestory and nave roof and the chancel arch.

It has a Norman chancel with gargoyles on its roof and a golden weathercock.

The term Sanctus bell traditionally referred to a bell suspended in a bell-cot at the apex of the nave roof, over the chancel arch, or hung in the church tower, in medieval churches.

The doorway, protected by a modern wooden roof, has an ornately carved arch ; inside, there are 81 decorative corbels on the north and south walls, and the chancel arch has 37 grotesque beakheads.

The church was much restored in the 19th century and has a chancel roof designed by G. E. Street.

Major repairs to the roof and south aisle were made in 1668 and 1769, but by the 1860s the nave and chancel were in a poor condition again.

The nave, chancel and aisles share one continuous roof.

The church of St. Mary is a plain but ancient building of stone in the Norman style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a small western tower containing 2 bells: the screen is 12th century, lit by a 14th century dormer window: the roof is 14th century ; the stained east window was presented by Mrs. Marriot, in 1879, and there are memorial windows to Mrs. Tylor, of Callow Hill, who died in 1881.

A Greek scaenae frons ( theater screen ) portraying a three-doored temple facade, posited in the early 20th century as a possible origin for the design of the templon. The templon most likely has an independent origin from that of Latin chancel barriers.

He is likely to have built the first tower and the great chancel – wall paintings on its window frames have recently been re-exposed.

These are likely to be from the eastern side of this pulpitum screen which obscured the view of the chancel while allowing sounds out from it.

The church was possibly in existence in 1290, although the present chancel dates from the late 15th century.

The chancel pre dates the rest of the building, having been built about 1270.

The Chapel was extended in the late 19th Century to make room for increasing student numbers and the chancel dates from this time.

The existing building is the third on the site and was built of Kentish ragstone mainly in the 15th century ( although the chancel dates from 200 years earlier ).

The chancel, which contains a fine plaster depicting floral wreaths in relief, and a stone reredos, was rebuilt circa 1708 ; however, the church dates from the 14th century.

The Hamstone building dates from the 15th century, but was refurbished in 1825 by William Burgess and the chancel restored in 1883.

The brick built St Peter's Church dates from 1788 with a gothic style chancel added in 1903 and further improvements in recent years, including new windows.

The present south aisle dates from the 14th century but the chancel, nave and bell tower were rebuilt in the 15th century.

The chancel is unusually long and dates from the 12th century, perhaps indicating the existence of an earlier minster on the site.

The chancel arch of the Church of England parish church dates from at least the latter part of the 12th century.

Although the south chancel wall, with its corbel table, complete with three round-headed windows date from the 11th century and the west tower dates from the 1170s, most of the church is 13th century.

The Church of St. Michael has a nave, chancel, south chapel and south porch which dates from around 1200.

The tall and spacious chancel running from its nave and aisle, dates from this period.

The Anglican parish Church of All Saints dates from the 13th century, with modifications in the late 15th or early 16th century, and major restoration including the extension of the nave, a new chancel and chapels by Benjamin Ferrey in 1860.

One of its churches dates from the 13th century ; before the addition of a chancel in 1830, it was only 25 feet long and 11 feet wide, and was considered the smallest church in England.

It is thought that the remote site was first used by a hermit in the 6th century but that the current chancel dates from the 11th century and the rest of the church was substantially rebuilt in the 17th century.

Note ( 1 ) piscinas of different dates in chancel ; ( 2 ) change of design in arcading of nave, showing subsequent lengthening of church — the earlier columns stand on Norm.

The chancel dates from the 14th century ; the north aisle was added and the church refenestrated in the 15th century.

The chancel dates from the 14th century, and the south aisle and porch are probably from the 15th century.

The tower is positioned to one side of the chancel and dates from the late 13th century.

The present building dates from the 14th century, though the chancel was reconstructed in 1875.

The church mostly dates from the 15th Century but there is a 13th Century sedilia in the chancel and a tomb recess in the south aisle of the early 14th Century.

The chancel dates from the 17th century and the nave was rebuilt by E L Bracebridge 1842.