Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . Mor?;k^ ^ ye-^fcrraTum- Fig. 115. dimension probably imitated from the primitive Christianchapel at Glastonbury. The western part of the church, including the west The porchdoorway, is now generally admitted to be Biscops work,but only the lower part of the tower is original, for Monk- wear- mouth i86 ENGLAND—SAXON PERIOD [ch. xxvi marks in the masonry show that it finished with a gabledroof above the second storey: the upper part, however,is still Saxon work though of the 11 th century. The porch under the tower has a barrel vault,
Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . Mor?;k^ ^ ye-^fcrraTum- Fig. 115. dimension probably imitated from the primitive Christianchapel at Glastonbury. The western part of the church, including the west The porchdoorway, is now generally admitted to be Biscops work,but only the lower part of the tower is original, for Monk- wear- mouth i86 ENGLAND—SAXON PERIOD [ch. xxvi marks in the masonry show that it finished with a gabledroof above the second storey: the upper part, however,is still Saxon work though of the 11 th century. The porch under the tower has a barrel vault, withits axis east and west, and doorways on all four sides, thewestern one having very remarkable baluster shafts in. Jion^<y/earmoum Fig. 116. the jambs (Fig. ii6). They carry a massive impostblock from which the arch springs, and they rest onupright slabs reaching through the wall and carved withtwo curious serpentine creatures intertwined and withbeaked heads. A frieze sculptured with animals, nowmuch defaced, runs across the wall above. In the tower wall above this archway was apparently CH. xxvi] ENGLAND—SAXON PERIOD 187 a figure carved in relief about 6 ft. high. It would have Monk-been a valuable specimen of Saxon art, but it has suffered mouththe fate of similar Saxon sculptures at Headbourn-Worthy, Bitton, and Deerhurst, and been defaced. The proportions of the church are very lofty, and the Lofty % r ^ r ? i 1 proportion pitch ot the root is very steep, in both respects contrast-ing very strongly with the usual proportion of thechurches in the Norman style that succeeded. Thisfeature of great height both in the body of the churchand in the tower is a characteristic of Saxon architect
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