"Saxon Churches" Topic
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| The Trog | 19 Jan 2015 3:14 p.m. PST |
What colour were early Saxon Churches? |
| MajorB | 19 Jan 2015 3:32 p.m. PST |
What colour were early Saxon Churches? Which bit of the church? |
| The Trog | 19 Jan 2015 3:42 p.m. PST |
The outside walls, if they were plastered. |
| Veteran Cosmic Rocker | 19 Jan 2015 5:05 p.m. PST |
A few years since I did my degree but…if my memory serves me – outside walls would be stone facing (not painted) for mid to late Saxon churches. There is some suggestion that early Saxon churches might have been wooden framed with wattle and daub infill (therefore appear off-white) but these buildings have not survived and it is more likely that even early Saxon churches were also predominantly stone facing. I hope that helps. |
| GurKhan | 20 Jan 2015 3:06 a.m. PST |
A few years since I did my degree but…if my memory serves me – outside walls would be stone facing (not painted) for mid to late Saxon churches. Predominantly perhaps, but there seem to be quite a few references suggesting that some were plastered: "The exterior walls are covered in white plaster—a common feature of churches in the medieval era" – link citing Coppin, "101 Medieval Churches of West Sussex" "Sometimes the plaster itself was tinted either inside or out; in the case of the religious complex at Monkwearmouth the exterior plaster bore a pale rosy tint" – link (I presume the enquirer's "Saxon" means Anglo-Saxon, and not "churches in Saxony"?) |
| Veteran Cosmic Rocker | 20 Jan 2015 6:23 a.m. PST |
That's a nice article GurKhan (takes me back 30 years!) and good points made, thanks for clarifying my post (and dim memories). |
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