Stiffleaf's photos
colchester holy trinity 1020
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The west door is a perfect example of an c11 triangular headed arch. These were built concurrently with voussoir built round arches, and may be as much an aesthetic as a technical decision.
colchester holy trinity
colchester holy trinity
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The blind arcading in roman brick implies that despite its ragged appearance this tower was not built to be externally plastered.
colchester priory 1090
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S.w. corner of the nave of the first Augustinian priory to be built in England, an example of the severity of most early Norman work. No capitals, no mouldings.
colchester priory west front
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Two different towers bracketted the three entrance arches, round window and intersecting arcading of the west front, the most ornate remains here.
colchester priory nave
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It is a pity that this interesting ruin now stands in a rather insalubrious backwater of town, haunted nowadays by the chemically challenged citizens of Colchester - mind your camera!
colchester ss.botolph
colchester st.botolph 1838
little tey wallpainting
colchester st.botolph
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colchester st.botolph tower
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Mason obviously borrowed the design of Bury St. Edmunds bell tower for his west tower in the then fashionable neo-norman style, here an obvious reference to the nearby priory ruin.
colchester town hall
colchester town hall legionnary
colchester town hall 1898
colchester beasties
colchester st.martin doom
colchester label stop C14th
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