Your Bike in front of a Church

[biggs682]

St Crispin Tower is there, too. Saved from demolition when the new houses were built. I didn't have long to hang around as I needed to be in Bugbrooke for my blood donoring on time!

Yeah pre pandemic we were up that area a lot as our granddaughter lives near to both

 

[IaninSheffield]

Church of St Giles, Carburton (on the edge of Clumber Park). Tiny little place beginning to look rather distressed.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Church of St Giles, Carburton (on the edge of Clumber Park). Tiny little place beginning to look rather distressed.

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Thanks for the link to information about the church, although I'm not sure that I'd call the architecture "captivating" it is certainly interesting.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Church of St Giles, Carburton (on the edge of Clumber Park). Tiny little place beginning to look rather distressed.

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Odd little church but Grade II*. Interior is lovely and simple.

 

[Blue Hills]

although I'm not sure that I'd call the architecture "captivating" it is certainly interesting.

yep, rather calls into question that entire site.

 

[IaninSheffield]

Thanks for the link to information about the church, although I'm not sure that I'd call the architecture "captivating" it is certainly interesting.

Odd little church but Grade II*. Interior is lovely and simple.

The external rendering certainly did it no favours. The 'main' road along which I've passed the church many times, is a couple of hundred metres away. From that distance I always took it to be a water management building rather than ecclesiastical.
The half arch which the porch intersects is a strange architectural choice to say the least.

yep, rather calls into question that entire site.

As do the 'Visitor Information' points:
'Level access'?! Hope no-one with mobility needs ever requires access.
'On-steet' parking?! and
'Space to secure your bike'?! There might be 'space', however, what you'd secure it to is another matter!

 

[Blue Hills]

Still, interesting to learn about the interior - always worth popping inside even the humblest looking churches, even for a determined atheist like me. And of course surface ugliness can assure you of a special peace once inside

 

[Andy in Germany]

The external rendering certainly did it no favours.

Yes, it's remarkable that someone decided to do that.

Is there any record of what was underneath?

 

[Grant Fondo]

The external rendering certainly did it no favours. The 'main' road along which I've passed the church many times, is a couple of hundred metres away. From that distance I always took it to be a water management building rather than ecclesiastical.
The half arch which the porch intersects is a strange architectural choice to say the least.

As do the 'Visitor Information' points:
'Level access'?! Hope no-one with mobility needs ever requires access.
'On-steet' parking?! and
'Space to secure your bike'?! There might be 'space', however, what you'd secure it to is another matter!

I think its a little gem inside, agree that externally they could have done much better

 

[Blue Hills]

I think its a little gem inside, agree that externally they could have done much better
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white pews?
unusual?

 

[IaninSheffield]

Yes, it's remarkable that someone decided to do that.

Is there any record of what was underneath?

There's a little more detail referencing its 12th century origins and hinting at the reason for the intersected arch in this article.
This sketch from the British Library's collection gives a glimpse of what might have been underneath, but ... artistic license 'n' all that.

 

[IaninSheffield]

St James, Ravenfield is not one you'd come across easily, being set well back from the road behind a small wood, but it's well worth seeking out.

(Black bike rather hidden in the shadow!)

It has an interesting one-fingered clock on the front facade:

 

[Grant Fondo]

St James, Ravenfield is not one you'd come across easily, being set well back from the road behind a small wood, but it's well worth seeking out.

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(Black bike rather hidden in the shadow!)

It has an interesting one-fingered clock on the front facade:

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That's lovely. The architect John Carr is one of those lesser know 'greats'

 

[IaninSheffield]

That's lovely. The architect John Carr is one of those lesser know 'greats'

I have little architectural knowledge, but it does seem a bit of a mix - gothic windows & quatrefoil, greco-roman pediment?

 

[Grant Fondo]

I have little architectural knowledge, but it does seem a bit of a mix - gothic windows & quatrefoil, greco-roman pediment?

Yes agree, some of his buildings are a bit too ornate for me, Harewood House an example, but his simpler buildings and bridges are some of the best from the18th century