tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post4923190177127093894..comments2024-03-16T08:31:20.966+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Wing, BuckinghamshirePhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-34673215803078694422016-06-17T10:57:05.536+01:002016-06-17T10:57:05.536+01:00Yesterday I wanted to examine two Anglo-Saxon chur...Yesterday I wanted to examine two Anglo-Saxon churches in Lincoln. One in the main street, so impossible to get a long view: one behind locked railings and surrounded by other buildings. You were lucky to get access & provide photos. Interesting contrast between rough, primitive appearance and sophisticated building technique - lots of other examples, not excluding Brixworth and Weybourne, North Norfolk. With some, I feel the "rough, primitive" was more an artistic ambition, not the result of imperfect technique. "Non-radial voussoirs", for instance, not restricted to the first phase of AS stone building - sorry to go on, but have compiled 4 booklets on AS architecture, with more than enough material for a 5th. Not enough<br />effort seems to have been made to distinguish the different Anglo-Saxon periods - "9th century" not very precise, and very often church guides, etc. plump for such dates on very slender evidence. I almost visited Wing once: some day, perhaps... Joseph Biddulph (Publisher)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655472675410890012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-75343645992425504202016-06-15T21:36:27.227+01:002016-06-15T21:36:27.227+01:00It's a marvelous church, and thanks so much fo...It's a marvelous church, and thanks so much for posting about it. I am also glad you were so kindly treated. <br /><br />But you know, it doesn't hurt--and maybe even would help--to first come to the church to attend the service, and then perhaps to look around. These wonderful buildings won't stay standing for another 1000 years without congregations.Even visitors make a difference. JudyBGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11481961917093120257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-78284281214110909982016-06-15T12:46:38.750+01:002016-06-15T12:46:38.750+01:00This post has made me think about the kind of buil...This post has made me think about the kind of building technology that was available in the ninth century. I think we have to deem it successful! I was lucky enough to see the magnificent, huge crypt at St Nicholas Church in Ghent a couple of weeks ago which is a real wonder.<br /><b><a href="http://todiscoverice.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> CLICK HERE for Bazza’s fabulous Blog ‘To Discover Ice’</a></b>bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.com