JACOBEAN STYLE, in architecture, that style of early English Renaissance (see RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE) Which followed the Elizabethan (see ELIZABETHAN STYLE) and is gen erally contemporary with the reign of James I. (1603-1625). It is characterized by a combination of late Perpendicular Gothic motives with a great use of crude and misunderstood classic de tail, in which the influence of Flanders is strong. The Tudor pointed arch is common and in interior work there is considerable simple, Tudor panelling and an occasional use of perpendicular vaulting forms. Doorways, fireplaces and the like, are usually
framed with classic forms, and both outside and in, there is a wide use of gaines (q.v.), pilasters, S-scrolls and that type of pierced, flat ornament known as strap work. This style, despite its name, is found over a longer period of time than the strict limits above stated, thus Wollaton Hall, Nottinghamshire (1580) can rightly be termed Jacobean, and traces of the same style are found in the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge up to the begin ning of the 18th century.