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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 ...
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]
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
It is an 11th-century late Anglo-Saxon building, completed a decade before the Norman Conquest of England. In the 16th century the chapel ceased to be used for worship and by the 17th century it was part of a farmhouse. It was rediscovered and restored late in the 19th century, and further restored in the 20th century.
11th-century Anglo-Saxon arch blocked since the 12th century, with Decorated Gothic window added in the 14th century. The bell tower is late Anglo-Saxon, probably built in the first half of the 11th century. [3] There was an Anglo-Saxon nave west of the tower, and presumably an Anglo-Saxon chancel east of it. [3] In the latter part of the 12th ...
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.
Remnants of Saxon- and Norman-era sculpture can still be seen in the church. [3] [5] In the south transept, near the 12th-century font, is a carved abbot in good condition. [3] [4] A 13th-century Christ in Majesty incorporates older decorative stonework. Some frieze-work is visible on the chancel wall. [4]
Pages in category "11th-century architecture" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. ... Abbasid architecture; Anglo-Saxon architecture; B.