An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . 15. Rubble Masonry. St Leonards, Mailing. Kent. CHAPTEE III. The Early Norman Period. THE Norman style was introduced into England inthe time of Edward the Confessor; the king himselffounded the great Abbey of Westminster, and manyof the buildings were erected in his time. Of this. 16. Early Norman Vaulting, Chapel of the Pix, Westminster Abbey, a. d 1060 1066. church he had completed the choir and transepts, whichwere sufficient for the performance of divine service,and it was then consecrated. Dec. 28, 1065, a few days WILLIAM THE CONQUER
An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . 15. Rubble Masonry. St Leonards, Mailing. Kent. CHAPTEE III. The Early Norman Period. THE Norman style was introduced into England inthe time of Edward the Confessor; the king himselffounded the great Abbey of Westminster, and manyof the buildings were erected in his time. Of this. 16. Early Norman Vaulting, Chapel of the Pix, Westminster Abbey, a. d 1060 1066. church he had completed the choir and transepts, whichwere sufficient for the performance of divine service,and it was then consecrated. Dec. 28, 1065, a few days WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 25 only before his death. The nave at that time was notbuilt: it is probable that a nave was built soon after-wards, but of this church we have no remains. Thedormitory was in all probability building at the sametime, as the monks who had to perform the service inthe church must have required a place to sleep in. Ofthis dormitory the walls and the vaulted substructure re-main ; the work is rude and clumsy Norman, with wide-jointed masonry, and the capitals left plain, to be paintedor carved afterwards. It is about as much advanced instyle as the work in Normandy of the same period, andis said to have been built by Norman workmen. Theoriginal parts of the church of St. Stephen, or the ablaieaux hommes, at Caen, are not more
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