. An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . 38 THE EARLY NORMAN PERIOD,. 23. Capital, Jarrow, 1075. dral^ of Rochester, of which we have a part of the crypt, and some remains of the wall of the nave ^- . and north transept. The whole of thiswork is extremely rude; the construc-tion is usually rubble. When of ashlar,the joints are very wide, and the capitalsof the shafts clumsy. (24.) The abbey church of St. Albans, builtin the time of William the Conquerorand William Eufus, as distinctly re-corded by contemporary historians, partakes of the Saxon cha-racter in many parts: we fi
. An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture . 38 THE EARLY NORMAN PERIOD,. 23. Capital, Jarrow, 1075. dral^ of Rochester, of which we have a part of the crypt, and some remains of the wall of the nave ^- . and north transept. The whole of thiswork is extremely rude; the construc-tion is usually rubble. When of ashlar,the joints are very wide, and the capitalsof the shafts clumsy. (24.) The abbey church of St. Albans, builtin the time of William the Conquerorand William Eufus, as distinctly re-corded by contemporary historians, partakes of the Saxon cha-racter in many parts: we find ba-luster shafts in abundance, quanti-ties of Eoman tiles, and other fea-tures usually considered Saxon, butthere is not the slightest doubt thatthe church was built from the foun-dations after 1077, when the workwas commenced by Abbot Paul ofCaen. The materials of an olderchurch are used in it; they wereprobably brought from old Verulam,with the Roman bricks, which arelargely used in the construction. The church of Wotton - Wawen,Warwickshire, is of the Anglo-Saxonstyle: a ce
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