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Round-tower churches are a type of church found mainly in England, mostly in East Anglia; of about 185 surviving examples in the country, 124 are in Norfolk, 38 in Suffolk, six in Essex, three in Sussex and two each in Cambridgeshire and Berkshire. There is evidence of about 20 round-tower churches in Germany, of similar design and construction ...
Distinctive Anglo-Saxon pilaster strips on the tower of All Saints' Church, Earls Barton. Anglo-Saxon architecture was a period in the history of architecture in England from the mid-5th century until the Norman Conquest of 1066. Anglo-Saxon secular buildings in Britain were generally simple, constructed mainly using timber with thatch for ...
Construction of a long nave, with the tower now at one end. [6] Usually the extension would be to the east, producing a west tower. [7] However, this is only a hypothesis; [5] we have only one surviving Anglo-Saxon timber church, Greensted Church, a small number of written descriptions, and some archaeological evidence of ground plans. [8]
The Anglo-Saxon church was simple in plan, consisting of the tower, nave and chancel. It was quite large by the standards of that time, the chancel measuring 20 feet square. [10] The round tower and a large amount of fabric at the west end of the nave and in the chancel date from the 11th century. [11]
Cockley Cley's parish church is one of Norfolk's 124 existing Anglo-Saxon round-tower churches, and thus dates from the Thirteen Century.All Saints' is located on Swaffham Road and has been Grade II listed since 1960.
Architecture of the Anglo-Saxon period exists only in the form of churches, the only structures commonly built in stone apart from fortifications. The earliest examples date from the 7th century, notably at Bradwell-on-Sea and Escomb , but the majority from the 10th and 11th centuries.
The tower is believed to have been built around c.1000, although the bell louvers were added in 1586. The tower contains 6 bells, the oldest of which was cast in 1588 Holy Trinity Church: Colchester, Essex, England 1020 Oldest building in Colchester, which has an Anglo-Saxon tower with an arrow head doorway.
St Andrew's church is a round-tower church, dating from the 12th century. [11] The church sits at a bend in School Road and has an octagonal shaped bell tower. [12] In 1810 there was a screen between the body of the church and the chancel, which was destroyed in December 2001, which revealed a series of wall paintings. [13]