The significance of doorway positions in English medieval parochial churches and chapels / Geoffrey Sedlezky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sedlezky, Geoffrey, author.

Series:

Archaeopress archaeology.

Archaeopress archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church architecture--England--History--To 1500.

Church architecture.

Church doors--England--History--To 1500.

Church doors.

Church doorways--England--History--To 1500.

Church doorways.

Great Britain--Antiquities.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2023]

Summary:

This book analyses the positions of external church doorways in England to investigate the significance that positioning had for the function and design of these buildings. The author proposes a link between the design and function of parochial churches and chapels with the number and attributes of their doorways.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright page

Contents Page

List of Figures

Introduction

Figure I.1, St Nicholas Barfrestone (Kent), from the east, Google Earth

Figure I.2, St Nicholas Barfrestone, from the south

Figure I.3, Barfrestone, south doorway

Figure I.4, Barfrestone, north doorway

Figure I.5, Barfrestone, chancel doorway

Figure I.6, Method for Doorway Measurements

Chapter 1: Doorway Positions in English Churches: Seventh to Tenth Century

Figure 1.1, St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury, reconstructed planof the early seventh century church of SS Peter and Paul Richard Gem reconstruction of Frank Jenkins plan 1957. In the central north porticus, position 'a' indicates the burial location of St

Figure 1.2, Plan of Old Minster, Winchester in the Seventh Century

Figure 1.3, St Peter's Bradwell-on-Sea (Essex) aerial view Showing ground level remnants of apse and porticus Go 4k Media, available at frame 0:36 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbP_dMWDC7Y

Figure 1.4, Plan of Saint Peter-on-the-Wall Bradwell, Essex

Figure 1.5, Plan of Saint Pancras, Canterbury, Kent, after W. H. St John Hope, 1902

Figure 1.6, Plan of Saint Mary, Reculver, Kent

Figure 1.7, All Saints' Church, Brixworth, Northamptonshire, Period I Ground Plan

Figure 1.8, All Saints, Brixworth, NorthamptonshirePeriod II Ground Plan

Figure 1.9, St Mary, Deerhurst, Gloucestershire

Figure 1.10, St Mary, Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, Mary Kneen

Figure 1.11, Canterbury Cathedral (Kent) Period 4A

Figure 1.12, Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, Period 4C

Figure 1.13, Old Minster, Winchester, Hampshire

Figure 1.14, St Oswald, Gloucester, Gloucestershire

Figure 1.15, Raunds Furnells, Northamptonshire

Figure 1.16, St Peter Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire

Figure 1.17, Chatsworth Benedictional of St Æthelwold Fol. 119 v.

Figure 1.18, Chatsworth Benedictional of St Æthelwold Fol. 119 v, Detail of bells, inset

Figure 1.19, Little Casterton (Rutland) - 13th century Modern bells to illustrate headstock swinging method With permission,photo by Lionel Wall, Great English Churches

Figure 1.20, St James, Burton Lazars (Leicestershire) by 1912

Figure 1.21, St Mary, Manton (Rutland) by 1912

Figure 1.22, All Saints, Little Casterton (Rutland) by 1912

Figure 1.23, All Saints, Sutton Bassett Northamptonshire

Figure 1.24, All Saints, Sutton Bassett, Northamptonshire, from the North

Figure 1.25, All Saints, Sutton Bassett, Northamptonshire, from the West

Chapter 2: Eleventh and Twelfth-Century English Parochial Churches and Chapels

Figure 2.1, Worth (West Sussex), Ground Plan

Figure 2.2, Worth, south doorway interior

Figure 2.3, Worth, north doorway interior

Figure 2.4, Worth (West Sussex),south nave wall

Figure 2.5, Worth, north transept from the west

Figure 2.7, Corhampton (Hampshire), North Doorway from the southeast

Figure 2.6, Corhampton (Hampshire) Church Plan, W. G. Horseman, 1917

Figure 2.8, Corhampton (Hampshire), North Doorway from the southeast magnified

Figure 2.10, Corhampton, South Doorway, Pilaster Framing

Figure 2.11, Boarhunt (Hampshire) Plan

Figure 2.9, Corhampton, North Doorway

Figure 2.12, Boarhunt (Hampshire), north and south views by Irvine 1877

Figure 2.13, Boarhunt (Hampshire), south nave wall from southwest showing outline of original eleventh-century doorway similar to Irvine's drawing of 1877

Figure 2.14, Boarhunt, double-splayed window,north chancel

Figure 2.15, Boarhunt, tall and thin nave walls, 76 cm wide measured at chancel south window

Figure 2.16, Clayton (West Sussex) Ground Plan

Figure 2.17, Clayton (West Sussex) exterior of chancel east wall.

Figure 2.18, Clayton, tall nave walls and chancel arch looking east

Figure 2.19, Alton Barnes Plan after N. P. Thompson and H. Ross

Figure 2.20, Alton Barnes (Wiltshire), Nave from east (L) long and short megalithic quoins

Figure 2.21, Alton Barnes (Wiltshire), Nave from south (R) long and short megalithic quoins

Figure 2.22, Coln Rogers (Gloucestershire) Ground Plan, after Taylor

Figure 2.23, Coln Rogers, original plinth, nave, northwest corner

Figure 2.24, Coln Rogers, north chancel window

Figure 2.25, Coln Rogers, south doorway

Figure 2.26, Coln Rogers, north doorway

Figure 2.27, Coln Rogers, south doorway interior

Figure 2.28, Coln Rogers, north doorway interior

Figure 2.29, Hardham (Hampshire) Ground Plan, after Taylor

Figure 2.30, Hardham, north chancel window

Figure 2.31, Hardham, flat lintel south doorway

Figure 2.32, Hardham, flat lintel north doorway

Figure 2.33, Hardham, south nave window

Figure 2.34, Stondon Massey (Essex), south doorway

Figure 2.35, Stondon Massey, north doorway

Figure 2.36, Stopham (Essex), Ground Plan

Figure 2.37, Stopham, north chancel window

Figure 2.38, Stopham, chancel arch, looking west

Figure 2.39, Stopham, south doorway

Figure 2.40, Stopham, north doorway Photo of Rev'd David Crook

Figure 2.41, Stopham, chancel arch impost

Figure 2.42, Stopham, south doorway impost

Figure 2.43, Stopham, south doorway interior

Figure 2.44, Stopham, north doorway interior

Figure 2.45, Coln Rogers, north doorway capital

Figure 2.46, Coln Rogers, south doorway capital

Figure 2.47, Coln Rogers, north doorway

Figure 2.48, Coln Rogers, south doorway

Figure 2.49, Wharram Percy Medieval Village, Google Earth

Figure 2.50, Romsey, north nave doorway

Figure 2.51, Romsey, Abbess's doorway south side of the nave.

Figure 2.52, St Mary's Church, Stow (Lincolnshire) after C. A. Parker

Figure 2.53, Stow, southeast crossing column

Figure 2.54, Stow, south transept window

Figure 2.55, Stow, north transept doorway

Figure 2.56, Stow (Lincolnshire), south doorway

Figure 2.57, Stow, north doorway

Figure 2.58, Stow, north doorway

Figure 2.59, Stow, west doorway

Figure 2.60, Bromyard (Herefordshire), south doorway

Figure 2.61, Bromyard, north doorway

Figure 2.62, Bromyard, north transept/priest's doorway

Figure 2.63, Bromyard, south priest's doorway

Figure 2.64,Weaverthorpe (Yorkshire), south doorway

Figure 2.65, Weaverthorpe, north doorway

Figure 2.66, Weaverthorpe, priest's doorway exterior

Figure 2.67, Weaverthorpe priest's doorway interior image courtesy of CRSBI

Figure 2.68,Wixoe (Suffolk) south doorway

Figure 2.69, Wixoe north doorway

Figure 2.70, Iffley (Oxfordshire) south doorway

Figure 2.71, Iffley north doorway

Figure 2.72, Iffley west doorway

Figure 2.73, Barfrestone (Kent) south doorway

Figure 2.74, Barfrestone north doorway

Figure 2.75, Shellingford (Berkshire) south doorway

Figure 2.76, Shellingford, north doorwayc. 1900, Peter Moore c/o CRSBI

Figure 2.77, Shellingford, priest's doorway

Figure 2.78, Ellerburn (Yorkshire), from the West

Figure 2.79, Adwick-upon-Dearn (Yorkshire)from the west

Figure 2.80, Sutton Bassett (Northamptonshire) from the west

Figure 2.81, Burton Lazars (Leicestershire) from the west, Google Earth

Figure 2.82, Manton (Rutland) from the west

Chapter 3: Doorway Positions of Thirteenth to Early Sixteenth-Century

Figure 3.1, Ickham (Kent) west doorway

Figure 3.2, Ickham, west tower from the west

Figure 3.3, Biddenham (Bedfordshire), south doorway

Figure 3.4, Biddenham, chancel arch

Figure 3.5, Biddenham North Aisle Chantry Doorway.

Figure 3.6, Biddenham North Chantry Arrow indicating narrow chantry doorway

Figure 3.7, Monkton (Kent), north nave wall

Figure 3.8, Collingham (Nottinghamshire),north doorway

Figure 3.9, Collingham, south doorway

Figure 3.10, Acton Burnell (Shropshire), north doorway

Figure 3.11, Acton Burnell, south doorway

Figure 3.12, Acton Burnell, west doorway with castle to the south

Figure 3.13, St Mary the Virgin, Rimpton (Somerset)

Figure 3.14, St Mary, Rimpton (Somerset), from the south

Figure 3.15, Rimpton, south doorway

Figure 3.16, Rimpton, north doorway

Figure 3.17, St Mary Brook (Kent), from the south

Figure 3.18, St Mary Brook, west tower doorway

Figure 3.19, Porlock (Somerset), from the west

Figure 3.20, Porlock, from the northwest

Figure 3.21, Sutton-on-Trent (Nottinghamshire), from the south

Figure 3.22, Henbury (Somerset) Aerial View from Southwest, Google Earth

Figure 3.23, West Walton (Norfolk),tower from the south

Figure 3.24, West Walton, south doorway

Figure 3.25, West Walton, west doorway

Figure 3.26, West Walton, north doorway

Figure 3.27, Saint Mary Magdalene, Stocklinch, Somerset, Ground Plan

Figure 3.28, SMV Ground Plan, Churches Conservation Trust 2000

Figure 3.29, Stocklinch (Somerset),SMV from the southwest

Figure 3.30, Stocklinch SMM, from the southwest

Figure 3.31,Stocklinch SMM, south doorway

Figure 3.32, Stocklinch SMM, west doorway

Figure 3.33, Stocklinch SMV, south doorway

Figure 3.34, Stocklinch SMV, north doorway

Figure 3.35, Holy Trinity Wensley (Yorkshire)

Figure 3.36, Wensley (Yorkshire), north doorway

Figure 3.37, Wensley, south doorway

Figure 3.38, Gaddesby (Leicestershire), 12th c. plan

Figure 3.39, Gaddesby, early 13th c. plan

Figure 3.40, Gaddesby, late 13th c. plan

Figure 3.41, Gaddesby, mid-14th c. plan.

Figure 3.42, Gaddesby, south doorway.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Print version: Sedlezky, Geoffrey The Significance of Doorway Positions in English Medieval Parochial Churches and Chapels

ISBN:

9781803275765

1803275766

OCLC:

1397570305