Gothic architecture first emerged in mid-12th-century Paris with churches like the Basilica ... widespread in the early 19th century, applying medieval forms and features to a more modern setting.

The 18th century examples were often domestic, with highly decorative interiors, seen at Strawberry Hill, making the style fashionable. By the early 1800s though, scholarship on medieval Gothic was ...

The churches represent a unique example of the tradition of medieval timber-built churches in Roman ... the stylistic changes in the decoration of ecclesiastical interiors, starting from the Gothic ...