andyoxon
Legendary Member
- Location
- Punxsutawney-on-Thames
Trethewey, Cornwall.
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briantrumpet
Legendary Member
- Location
- Devon & Die
Romeyer today
FrothNinja
Guru
St Cuthberts, Allendale
From the Heritage listing:
"Parish church on medieval site. 1874 by Austin & Johnson, except for lower part of tower which survives from the church of 1807. Squared stone with ashlar dressings, slate roofs. Aisled nave and chancel, west tower. Free C14 style. West tower has 4 stepped stages; pointed south doorway with hoodmould and stone above giving dates of rebuilding and restoration; paired pointed openings to belfry, embattled parapet with pinnacles, pyramid roof with vane. Aisle walls with windows,mostly of 2 lights,and stepped buttresses; sundial at west end of south wall inscribed HORA FUGIT 1842 LAT 54 50 (the latitude is cited as a reference to Allendale Town being geographically the centre of Britain). Similar fenestration in chancel, 3-light east window and C20 roof lights."
From the Heritage listing:
"Parish church on medieval site. 1874 by Austin & Johnson, except for lower part of tower which survives from the church of 1807. Squared stone with ashlar dressings, slate roofs. Aisled nave and chancel, west tower. Free C14 style. West tower has 4 stepped stages; pointed south doorway with hoodmould and stone above giving dates of rebuilding and restoration; paired pointed openings to belfry, embattled parapet with pinnacles, pyramid roof with vane. Aisle walls with windows,mostly of 2 lights,and stepped buttresses; sundial at west end of south wall inscribed HORA FUGIT 1842 LAT 54 50 (the latitude is cited as a reference to Allendale Town being geographically the centre of Britain). Similar fenestration in chancel, 3-light east window and C20 roof lights."
Andy in Germany
Legendary Member
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
I remember my dad as a visiting preacher being confronted with a wine-glass shaped pulpit, but that was freestanding with a spiral staircase. He has severe vertigo and preached the sermon from a side lectern.
FrothNinja
Guru
Sinderhope Methodist Jubilee Chapel, 1830
From the Heritage listing:
"Chapel (Primitive Methodist) dated 1860 above door. Squared stone, rusticated ashlar quoins and door and window surrounds. Slate roof, later brick gable stacks. Simple rectangular plan, built onto a steep hillside. Road front 1 storey, 2 bays, symmetrical. Central 4-panel door with fanlight under round- headed arch, flanked by round-headed 24-pane sashes. Panel above door in surround with dog-tooth moulding, inscribed 'PRIMITIVE METHODIST JUBILEE CHAPEL' with date. Rear elevation 1 storey and basement, with various openings, 2 round-headed sashes above. Interior has C19 fittings: pews, communion rails, pulpit."
NB - Primitive has been erased. Wonder what the story behind that is - embarrassed by the association when the stopped being Primmies?
From the Heritage listing:
"Chapel (Primitive Methodist) dated 1860 above door. Squared stone, rusticated ashlar quoins and door and window surrounds. Slate roof, later brick gable stacks. Simple rectangular plan, built onto a steep hillside. Road front 1 storey, 2 bays, symmetrical. Central 4-panel door with fanlight under round- headed arch, flanked by round-headed 24-pane sashes. Panel above door in surround with dog-tooth moulding, inscribed 'PRIMITIVE METHODIST JUBILEE CHAPEL' with date. Rear elevation 1 storey and basement, with various openings, 2 round-headed sashes above. Interior has C19 fittings: pews, communion rails, pulpit."
NB - Primitive has been erased. Wonder what the story behind that is - embarrassed by the association when the stopped being Primmies?
Andy in Germany
Legendary Member
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Andy in Germany
Legendary Member
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Passing the Cathedral of St. Martin, Rottenburg am Neckar.
There was a church on the site from 1280, and the current building uses the plan of the original, which was destroyed by fire.
I'm told that when Rottenburg was chosen as the seat of the bishop of the kingdom of Württemberg in 1821, the first bishop objected most strongly because it wasn't grand enough, and it was asymmetrical. They didn't have a lot of choice though, because this was the largest Catholic city in the largely protestant state.
There was a church on the site from 1280, and the current building uses the plan of the original, which was destroyed by fire.
I'm told that when Rottenburg was chosen as the seat of the bishop of the kingdom of Württemberg in 1821, the first bishop objected most strongly because it wasn't grand enough, and it was asymmetrical. They didn't have a lot of choice though, because this was the largest Catholic city in the largely protestant state.
