. London . tly Saxon and so-called Saxon is the most curious church of Greenstcad in Essexwhose walls are trunks of oak-trees—perhaps some of theLondon churches may have been built in the same way, but it ismore probable that the piety of the parishioners made them The accompanying figure shows the Bradford church. Loftie calls attention to the name of our Church St. Mary Staining, of stone, as if that was an exceptional thing. Go LONDON It is very small ; the plan shows the arrangement of nave,chancel and north porch; it had a south porch, but that is•one. Th
. London . tly Saxon and so-called Saxon is the most curious church of Greenstcad in Essexwhose walls are trunks of oak-trees—perhaps some of theLondon churches may have been built in the same way, but it ismore probable that the piety of the parishioners made them The accompanying figure shows the Bradford church. Loftie calls attention to the name of our Church St. Mary Staining, of stone, as if that was an exceptional thing. Go LONDON It is very small ; the plan shows the arrangement of nave,chancel and north porch; it had a south porch, but that is•one. The walls are of thick stone; the nave is 25 feet2 inches long and 1 5 feet 2 inches broad ; the chancel is 1 3 feet2 inches long and 10 feet broad. The height of the nave tothe wall plates is 25 feet 3 inches ; of the chancel is 18 chancel opens out from the nave, not with a broad archbut with a narrow door only 2 feet 4 inches broad—a very-curious arrangement. The doors of the south and north. if< 5outhPorch <& Scale- PLAN I swox CHURCH, BRADFORD-ON-AVON porches arc of the same breadth. The church must havebeen very dark, but then windows in a cold climate, if youhave no glass, must be as small in size and as few innumber as possible. It was lit by a small window in theeastern wall of the north porch, no doubt by another in thesouth porch, by a small window in the south wall of the navenear the chancel and by a fourth small window in the southwall of the chancel, so placed that the light, and sometimesthe sun, should fall upon the altar during celebration of church was thus imperfectly lit by four small windows, SAXON AND NORMAN 61 each with its round arch. The people knelt on the stones ;there were no chairs or benches for them ; the bareness of thechurch at the present day is just what it was at first. There
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