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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 roofing.
Anglo-Saxon features include a tall, narrow nave and chancel, late Anglo-Saxon wall-arcading in the north west aisle and traces of a Saxon door. St Michael at the North Gate: Oxford, England 1040 The tower dates from 1040. Probably Oxford's oldest building. St George's Tower, Oxford Castle: Oxford, England Uncertain, perhaps mid-11th century
Escomb Church, a restored 7th-century Anglo-Saxon church. Church architecture and artefacts provide a useful source of historical information. It is not entirely clear how many Britons would have been Christian when the pagan Anglo-Saxons arrived. [70] [71] There had been attempts to evangelise the Irish by Pope Celestine I in 431. [72]
All Saints' Church, Brixworth, now the parish church of Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England, is a leading example of early Anglo-Saxon architecture. It is the largest English church that remains substantially as it was in the Anglo-Saxon era. It was designated as a Grade I listed building in 1954.
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 extant stone structures can also be interpreted as having been built by carpenters who were transferring their skills to masonry work. [9]
"[The Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain] was more complex than a mass invasion bringing fully formed lifestyles and beliefs. The early Anglo-Saxon, just like today's migrants, were probably riding different cultural identities. They brought from their homelands the traditions of their ancestors.
In addition to Woxeter and other Roman activity, studies have previously found prehistoric human activity as well as Anglo-Saxon architecture and farming through medieval and post-medieval periods ...
Anglo-Saxon England portal The main article for this category is Anglo-Saxon architecture . See also the preceding Category:Ancient Roman architecture and the succeeding Category:Norman architecture