Phase of late Gothic architecture in England roughly parallel in time to the French Flamboyant style .
The style, concerned with creating rich visual effects through decoration, was characterized by a predominance of vertical lines in stone window tracery , enlargement of windows to great proportions, and conversion of the interior stories into a single unified vertical expanse. Fan vaults , springing from slender columns or pendants , became popular. The oldest surviving example of the style is probably the choir of Gloucester Cathedral (begun 0441; 1335). Other major monuments include King's College Chapel, Cambridge (14461515), and the chapel of Henry VII in Westminster Abbey . In the 16th century, the grafting of Renaissance elements onto the Perpendicular style resulted in the Tudor style .