In church architecture, a retroquire (also spelled retrochoir), or back-choir, is the space behind the high altar in a church or cathedral, which sometimes...

Gibbs, completed in 1725. The tower dates from the 16th century, and a retroquire was added in the 20th century. The original church, dedicated to All Saints...

to the architectural choir or constructional choir. The back-choir or retroquire is a space behind the high altar in the choir of a church, in which there...

choir, the chancel and sanctuary may be the same area. In churches with a retroquire area behind the altar, this may only be included in the broader definition...

The shrine of St Swithun in Winchester Cathedral (in the background is Fedorev's iconostasis in the retroquire)...

one bay of the nave. The ante-choir is also called the "fore choir". Retroquire, the space behind the high altar.  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates...

Fedorov's Deesis, recently added to the retroquire screen at Winchester Cathedral, England. The differently situated rood screens of Western medieval churches...

portions of the outer walls of the chancel aisles and the 14th century retroquire. There is also surviving stonework from the south nave aisle wall, west...

1549 Book of Common Prayer. He was tried and convicted of heresy in the retroquire of Southwark Cathedral in 1543 but received a pardon owing to the intervention...

Bell & Sons. Atkinson. Chichester Cathedral: The Shrine of St Richard (Retroquire). pp.16-18 Lower. The Worthies of Sussex. p. 244 *Lawrence, C.H. (3 January...