tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post5286081257783210147..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Great Bourton, OxfordshirePhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-75342753492130599522017-09-30T19:05:05.359+01:002017-09-30T19:05:05.359+01:00Lychgates because they were Gothic and medieval pe...Lychgates because they were Gothic and medieval perhaps - see Pugin's designs. Also, in a climate where it rains a lot, and the church itself may be locked, those little seats in the lychgate might save you a wetting when visiting a funeral or a grave. Also useful for setting down the coffin once it had been borne there on men's shoulders, old-style, perhaps from a distant address in the parish, while waiting for it to be received. A good example of some consideration for the poor and those who didn't arrive in carriages. This poor man has sheltered in many a one on his rambles: in his humble opinion, there's not nearly enough of them, old or new. Joseph Biddulph (Publisher)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655472675410890012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-16814107699283428622017-09-25T09:44:14.520+01:002017-09-25T09:44:14.520+01:00Hels: There certainly seems to have been a fashion...Hels: There certainly seems to have been a fashion for lychgates in the Victorian period. I wonder whether they were still used during funeral services (the original idea was that the funeral service began as the coffin entered the churchyard), a bit of ritual that might well have been observed by 'High' Victorian vicars - but this is just a guess.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-79460741119205409882017-09-25T09:41:53.184+01:002017-09-25T09:41:53.184+01:00Thank you all. The clock's off-centre position...Thank you all. The clock's off-centre position is odd. I wonder if it post-dates the luxuriant growth of the tree - it's certainly easier to see where it is. The fact that it's on this face works quite well - it's actually easier to see here than it would have been on the side facing the street.<br />Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-14244503472200755572017-09-24T23:56:47.809+01:002017-09-24T23:56:47.809+01:00I too was struck by the clock was off centre and w...I too was struck by the clock was off centre and why it wasn't on the face overlooking the street. It is an interesting and novel design and must be a striking feature in the village.Stephen Barkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03076287980465633357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-21217529912413550692017-09-24T14:17:26.353+01:002017-09-24T14:17:26.353+01:00A gate was certainly required, but I wonder if a l...A gate was certainly required, but I wonder if a lynchgate was chosen for a decorative or a theological reason.Helsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-47810371326609063192017-09-23T08:42:59.657+01:002017-09-23T08:42:59.657+01:00This looks like a very unusual structure. I suppos...This looks like a very unusual structure. I suppose the position of the tower dominates the parishoners in a way that a conventional tower would not have done. Also, it's seems odd that the clock is not centralised.<br /><b><a href="http://todiscoverice.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> CLICK HERE for Bazza’s unthinkable Blog ‘To Discover Ice’</a></b>bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.com