Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . inal chapels is gone, laterones have been built, and two ofthem again have disappeared ;but in the main the church isthe church of Fitz - Hamonsfoundation, whereof a monknamed Alfred was master ofworks. The plan is curiouslylike that of Westminster Abbey—both belonging to that typeof Romanesque church which,starting from the Roman bas-ilica, came to us from the greatbuilders in Normandy of the10th and nth centuries. Inone respect it has a purely localcharacter. Nowhere else dowe find such a range of simplecylindrical pill
Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . inal chapels is gone, laterones have been built, and two ofthem again have disappeared ;but in the main the church isthe church of Fitz - Hamonsfoundation, whereof a monknamed Alfred was master ofworks. The plan is curiouslylike that of Westminster Abbey—both belonging to that typeof Romanesque church which,starting from the Roman bas-ilica, came to us from the greatbuilders in Normandy of the10th and nth centuries. Inone respect it has a purely localcharacter. Nowhere else dowe find such a range of simplecylindrical pillars in the nave,except at Gloucester. The dimensions are these :— Extreme length, 300 feet (as the church now stands devoid of any ladychapel at all). Width of nave and aisles outside, 80 of transepts outside, 135 feet. * The present residence of the Vicar, which was probably the Guesten House, seemsto be described in the report of the Commissioners of Henry VIII. as the lodging,•called the New Warke, leading from the Gate to the late Abbots Kell & Son, Holborn, TEWKESBURY. Beauchamp Chantry. Tewkesbury. 39 Tower, 132 feet high and 46 feet square. To get an idea of the church as it was when it was first finished, onemust reduce it to great simplicity. Outside, it must have been more statelythan it is now, with a high-pitched roof, plain round-headed windowsthroughout, a much plainer apse, and within the great arch at the W. endwe may suppose a double tier of simple windows over a round-headeddoor. On the tower was a wooden spire, which fell down on Easter Day,March 26th, 1559 Lastly, there was a bell tower to the , built before1224 and destroyed in 1817. Inside, the whole effect must have been verydifferent. There were no rich groining and traceried windows; but thenave was loftier, with an open-timbered roof (or, perhaps flat ceiling), andthe tower open to form a lantern; chancel very severe, with fittings of thesimplest character.
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