Stiffleaf's photos
coggeshall abbey
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the unusual layout and early brickwork of these abbey remains are difficult to work out, especially so as the only views are from a public footpath. the 3 arches run south to north and were an extension at the south end of the east range, whilst the block on the right may have been the reredorter reaching out from the dorter to the river blackwater. the owners strongly dissuade the curious vocally .
anstey font 1200
lindisfarne 1135
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founded from durham in the late c11, the arcades show the influence of those there. the high arch is the diagonal rib of the crossing vault; through it can be seen the east end whose apse was squared off in the enlargement of 1150
mere 1160
overbury c.1155
roche abbey, founded 1147
sherston
sherston 1170
warwick 1140
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crypt under the north east end of the church, the vaults supports beefed up here and there in the c14
windrush 1160
youlgreave 1170
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barking abbey essex, , mary from the mid c12 rood
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overbury font
barking abbey essex, john from the mid c12 rood
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overbury
dunstable nave
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arcades of c.1160, gallery c.1190. the screen is c15, with the base of the east wall formed from the face of the pulpitum [see remains externally of a single central door].
roche abbey transepts, c1150-60
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the vaulting with its fully integrated supports, along with the more obvious pointed arches, place the church in the transitional period. the walls remain thick, windows round headed and buttresses flat, so a way yet has to go before full gothic is achieved
roche abbey
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view from the west door of the abbey church, with the east walls of the transepts standing tall. the lower arches led to chapels, and are some of the earliest examples of gothic pointed arches in england, though round headed clerestory windows and the general heaviness of mouldings show this to still be a transitional building. the abbey was founded in 1147, the transepts prob. date from c.1150-60
