Medieval History
Turkdean, Gloucestershire, originally uploaded by Vitrearum.
- Here Is An Encaustic Antidote
Waithe, Lincolnshire, originally uploaded by Vitrearum (Allan Barton).to the 70s Lenten array I posted earlier. Henry Thorold described the chancel at Waithe in Lincolnshire with its tad excessive Minton tiling as all 'shining and polychromatic like...
- Layer Upon Layer Of ...
East Shefford, Berkshire, originally uploaded by Vitrearum.medieval wallpaintings. The tiny church of East Shefford in Berkshire, now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust has some fascinating wallpaintings in the nave. The east wall of the...
- Blakeney, Norfolk
Blakeney, Norfolk, originally uploaded by Vitrearum.Blakeney church stands high above it's village, which was once a major port on the north Norfolk coast. The church is for the most part a fifteenth century building, with a broad clerestoried nave...
- The Rood Loft At St Margarets In Herefordshire
St Margarets, Herefordshire, originally uploaded by Vitrearum.St Margaret's church in the remote hamlet of St Margarets overloooking the 'Golden Valley' in Herefordshire, has a remarkable survival. A complete early sixteenth century rood...
- Duntisbourne Rouse, Gloucestershire
Duntisbourne Rouse, Gloucestershire, originally uploaded by Vitrearum. The tiny church of St Michael, Duntisbourne Rouse is on a dramatic site on the hillside overlooking the valley of the river Dunt in the Cotswolds. The nave is essentially Saxon (11th...
Medieval History
Unfinished work?
Turkdean, Gloucestershire, originally uploaded by Vitrearum.
I came across this fascinating oddity at Turkdean in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds. When the parisioners decided to rebuild they modest two cell Norman church sometime in the fifteenth century. they decided to start by constructing the tower within the western bay of the Norman nave. They then built a new nave and chancel abutting the new tower. For some reason when the new nave, tower and chancel were completed the builders chose not to remove the remaining bits of Norman nave. So you have, in effect, two odd shallow Norman aisles, complete with half a door and corbel table, embracing the tower. Very strange.
A view of the church from the east.
- Here Is An Encaustic Antidote
Waithe, Lincolnshire, originally uploaded by Vitrearum (Allan Barton).to the 70s Lenten array I posted earlier. Henry Thorold described the chancel at Waithe in Lincolnshire with its tad excessive Minton tiling as all 'shining and polychromatic like...
- Layer Upon Layer Of ...
East Shefford, Berkshire, originally uploaded by Vitrearum.medieval wallpaintings. The tiny church of East Shefford in Berkshire, now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust has some fascinating wallpaintings in the nave. The east wall of the...
- Blakeney, Norfolk
Blakeney, Norfolk, originally uploaded by Vitrearum.Blakeney church stands high above it's village, which was once a major port on the north Norfolk coast. The church is for the most part a fifteenth century building, with a broad clerestoried nave...
- The Rood Loft At St Margarets In Herefordshire
St Margarets, Herefordshire, originally uploaded by Vitrearum.St Margaret's church in the remote hamlet of St Margarets overloooking the 'Golden Valley' in Herefordshire, has a remarkable survival. A complete early sixteenth century rood...
- Duntisbourne Rouse, Gloucestershire
Duntisbourne Rouse, Gloucestershire, originally uploaded by Vitrearum. The tiny church of St Michael, Duntisbourne Rouse is on a dramatic site on the hillside overlooking the valley of the river Dunt in the Cotswolds. The nave is essentially Saxon (11th...