ABSTRACT
The surviving rood-screens of Wales are renowned for the delicacy and inventiveness of their tracery, and for their few spectacular surviving lofts. The ornament vocabulary and architecture varies from region to region, hut the work of the so-called ‘Newtown School’ is generally considered to be the most characteristic. In addition, there are important monuments scattered throughout Wales, which were undeniably imported from England. Three rood-screens, complete with lofts, from Monmouthshire and Breconshire are put under the spotlight. Their form and decoration, in terms of both function and design, are considered with reference to their counterparts in England.
