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1. Castor, Northamptonshire, from the South-West. A Norman Church with alterations and additions of each succeeding style. Mediæval Styles of the English Parish Church (1936)

Early Norman [church] towers sometimes recieved an additional stage within a brief space. Castor (Fig. 1) is a magnificent example of this, and here the upper stage was certainly not contemplated whe [...]

Keywords: churches, norman architecture, towers, church architecture, greyscale

Places shown: Castor; Northamptonshire; England

Added: 2010-10-12

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Title Page Mediæval Styles of the English Parish Church (1936)

THE MEDIÆVAL STYLESOF THE ENGLISHPARISH CHURCHA Survey of their Development, Designand FeaturesbyF. E. HOWARDJoint Author of “English Church Woodworkduring the Mediæval Period.”Illustrated from Photog [...]

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43. St. Margarets at Cliffe, Kent, with its Normon clerestory [exterior view] Mediæval Styles of the English Parish Church (1936)

The treatment of the eaves illustrates a very characteristic, though by no means invariable Norman feature, namely, the corbel table, a series of prjecting stones at intervals, carrying a continuous c [...]

Keywords: churches, norman architecture, arches, towers, buildings, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Cliffe; Kent; England

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43. St. Margarets at Cliffe, Kent, with its Normon clerestory [interior view] Mediæval Styles of the English Parish Church (1936)

Clerestories.—Those Norman churches which were built with aisles seem all to have had clerestories. I do not know of a Norman nave with original aisles without some indication that there was a cleres [...]

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Places shown: Cliffe; Kent; England

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46. The South Nave Arcade, Melbourne, Derbyshire, with stilted Norman arcade. Mediæval Styles of the English Parish Church (1936)

Like the pre-Conquest builders [i.e. before 1066], the Normans knew only one form of arch, th semicicular, with its variants, the segmental (used when the height was limited) and the stilted (46) or h [...]

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Places shown: Melbourne; Derbyshire; England

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114. Village Churches of the Decorated Period: Whissendine, Rutland. Mediæval Styles of the English Parish Church (1936)

St. Andrew’s Church, Whissendine, Rutland; It dates from the 13th and 14th centuries, and has a 100-foot tall tower.

Keywords: churches, towers, greyscale

Places shown: Whissendine; Rutland; England

Added: 2011-01-08

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