ST BARTOLOMEWS CHURCH, ORFORD_RAP_5500_LR
The church owes its existence to the castle, built by Henry II. The castle turned Orford from a quiet fishing village into an important royal centre, and the village population swelled. The larger settlement required a church, and the result was St Bartholomew's, built in the late 12th century, between 1165-1173.
The Norman church was a cruciform building with a large central tower over the crossing. Around 1320 the growing community demanded a larger nave, so the central tower and chancel were torn down, the nave enlarged, and a new tower built at the west end of the nave.
In the early 18th century the Norman chancel was walled off from the 14th-century nave and allowed to decay. The remains of the 12th-century chancel walls stand outside the east end of the church, and contain excellent examples of Norman stonework.
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ST BARTOLOMEWS CHURCH, ORFORD_RAP_5500_LR
The church owes its existence to the castle, built by Henry II. The castle turned Orford from a quiet fishing village into an important royal centre, and the village population swelled. The larger settlement required a church, and the result was St Bartholomew's, built in the late 12th century, between 1165-1173.
The Norman church was a cruciform building with a large central tower over the crossing. Around 1320 the growing community demanded a larger nave, so the central tower and chancel were torn down, the nave enlarged, and a new tower built at the west end of the nave.
In the early 18th century the Norman chancel was walled off from the 14th-century nave and allowed to decay. The remains of the 12th-century chancel walls stand outside the east end of the church, and contain excellent examples of Norman stonework.
Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission.
© rogerperriss@aol.com All rights reserved.