tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post3058998705877766899..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Clayton, SussexPhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-57507102558126153232012-08-28T16:35:24.428+01:002012-08-28T16:35:24.428+01:00I would regard the chancel arch, etc., as Late Ang...I would regard the chancel arch, etc., as Late Anglo-Saxon, but not as late as c.1100. Bramber, West Ham churches, Battle Abbey and Norwich cathedral all probably before 1100, but DEFINITELY Romanesque. Recently re-visited Odda's Chapel, Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, dated precisely 1056: whatever happened in architecture between then and the 1070s hadn't happened with Clayton and Bosham chancel arches, it seems? Normans used chamfered mouldings - Anglo-Saxons very rarely. The proportions of Clayton are also tall in the vertical dimension, as with A.S. buildings generally. P.S.Are the bats still in residence? Lovely walk from Hassocks station next to woodland.Joseph Biddulphnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-85997913506700581722011-07-12T17:55:58.077+01:002011-07-12T17:55:58.077+01:00Well, Jon, I think it's a bit of a curate'...Well, Jon, I think it's a bit of a curate's egg, myself, but it's a matter of taste, I suppose. I, too, like the servicemen on the left-hand side of the arch. For a 20th-century decorative scheme in a church, give me Stanley Spencer's chapel at Burghclere (not in an old church of course), or Chagall's windows at Tudeley.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-71500163382100947672011-07-12T17:16:40.793+01:002011-07-12T17:16:40.793+01:00I really don't know what to think of those Blo...I really don't know what to think of those Bloomsbury-ites daubing all over the church at Berwick...I suppose I must know, having said that. The kneeling airman and sailor I find quite moving but the rest leaves me, like the rest of their 'art' rather underwhelmed. Give me a nice bit of Eric Ravilious any day. I'm probably in a minority - everyone in the world seems to beat a path to Charleston Farmhouse to pay homage.Jon Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09717891707293701969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-76671665814176235322011-07-12T14:42:47.082+01:002011-07-12T14:42:47.082+01:00James: The bishop who commissioned the paintings a...James: The bishop who commissioned the paintings at Berwick might well have been inspired by Clayton and the other churches in the Lewes area that have medieval paintings. I suspect Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell drew on wider inspiration, although maybe the idea of putting the Christ in Majesty above the chancel arch came from Clayton.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-10700740349319908262011-07-12T12:45:30.197+01:002011-07-12T12:45:30.197+01:00Interesting to compare Berwick Church, which isn&#...Interesting to compare Berwick Church, which isn't all that far away. I wonder if Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant (or the clergyman who commissioned their work) were inspired by Clayton.James Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03199461104138671799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-10629360314342033832011-07-11T12:32:47.701+01:002011-07-11T12:32:47.701+01:00Jon: I'd heard about the tunnel entrance, but ...Jon: I'd heard about the tunnel entrance, but missed it this time around. Will try to remember it next time I'm in the area.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-1485458371997442342011-07-11T10:09:19.777+01:002011-07-11T10:09:19.777+01:00Sadly, I have more often by-passed the church for ...Sadly, I have more often by-passed the church for the Victorian excesses of the castellated entrance to Clayton tunnel on the LBSCR...I'll pay far more attention in future - the wall paintings are a joy.Jon Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09717891707293701969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-21662432050380932722011-07-11T08:24:06.501+01:002011-07-11T08:24:06.501+01:00Ron: Indeed. English churches are a source of unen...Ron: Indeed. English churches are a source of unending fascination.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-75246352111648699632011-07-10T21:46:43.028+01:002011-07-10T21:46:43.028+01:00The utter joy of English churches. Thank you.The utter joy of English churches. Thank you.Ron Combohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05270358674385406494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-12562090630656073932011-07-10T09:55:29.437+01:002011-07-10T09:55:29.437+01:00Val: Thank you. I'm an admirer of Abbey Dore a...Val: Thank you. I'm an admirer of Abbey Dore and Stow, but don't know Marbury - another one on my list of places to explore.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-80795323540347757312011-07-09T17:30:39.717+01:002011-07-09T17:30:39.717+01:00This is lovely. The smaller churches are often the...This is lovely. The smaller churches are often the most wonderful places - so quiet and in such lovely settings. Abbey Dore and Stow (Lincolnshire) both have some interesting artifacts. The church at Marbury in Cheshire is just a gorgeous little church overlooking a mere.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02451134989199249673noreply@blogger.com