IMAGES OF MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE

BRITAIN: ENGLAND
BRIXWORTH (ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH)

© Alison Stones

Floor Plan Based on Taylor, vol III p 979
Based of Baldwin Brown, v2, p 112 Interior to West Screen-sized image	Elevation Based on Dehio, Plate 48

Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1972 Screen-sized Image / Large "Archive" Image

Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1972 Screen-sized Image / Large "Archive" Image

Preliminary Notes

• Probably one of the daughter houses founded by Cuthbald , abbot of Peterborough (became abbot in 678) (Knowles and Hadcock, 468)
• Nave and lower tower of present structure probably dates from late 8th or early 9th century. (Wilson,Anglo-Saxon Art, 59)
• Once had aisles. (Knowles and Hadcock, 468)
• Still in use as an ecclesiastical structure.(Knowles and Hadcock, 468)
• Dimensions- West Turret 8feeet 10 inches by 8 feet 10 inches: West tower 12 feet 5 inchs by 15 feet: Nave 59 feet 8 inches by 30 feet 2 inches: Presbytery: 31 feet 6 inches by 31 feet; apsidal chapel 19 feet 3 inches by 17 feet 8 inches ( Taylor, p 113)
• Most walls are almost 4 feet thick (Taylor  p. 113)

Brown, Gerard Baldwin. The arts in early England / by G. Baldwin Brown. London : John Murray, 1915-1926. LCCall Number:
                                             NA963 .B877

Taylor, H.M.  and Joan Taylor. Anglo-Saxon architecture Cambridge [Eng.] University Press, 1965-78. LC Number:

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