The county of Cheshire contains some Norman architecture. As Nikolaus Pevsner and Edward Hubbard state, this is not much in comparison with other counties. [1] What there is includes the following:
Location | Structure | Details | Refs | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|
Barthomley | St Bertoline's Church | Blocked doorway | [2] [3] [4] | |
Bruera | St Mary's Church | Chancel arch, south doorway | [5] [6] | |
Chester | Cathedral | North transept, northwest tower, north wall of nave | [7] [8] | |
Chester | Former monastic buildings | Undercroft, abbot's passage, chapel of St Anselm | [9] [10] | |
Chester | Chester Castle | Items in the chapel of St Mary, Castro | [11] | |
Chester | St John the Baptist's Church | Much of the interior, ruins to the east | [12] [13] [14] | |
Church Lawton | All Saints Church | Doorway | [15] [16] [17] | |
Frodsham | St Laurence's Church | Arcade (part) and clerestory; carved masonry inside the tower | [18] [19] [20] | |
Grappenhall | St Wilfrid's Church | Corbel table incorporated into the wall of the south aisle | [21] [22] [23] | |
Middlewich | St Michael and All Angels Church | Fabric in the aisle arcades | [24] | |
Neston | St Mary's and St Helen's Church | Masonry re-used in lower two storeys of the tower | [25] [26] | |
Prestbury | St Peter's Church | Free-standing chapel in the churchyard | [27] [28] [29] | |
Runcorn | Norton Priory | Doorway, undercroft | [30] [31] [32] | |
Shocklach | St Edith's Church | Small church | [33] [34] | |
Shotwick | St Michael's Church | Doorway | [33] [35] [36] |
Location | Structure | Details | Refs | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|
Acton | St Mary's Church | Font | [37] [38] [39] | |
Grappenhall | St Wilfrid's Church | Font | [21] [22] [23] |
Location | Structure | Details | Refs | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|
Acton | St Mary's Church | Free-standing carved stones | [37] [38] [39] | |
Bunbury | St Boniface's Church | Free-standing carved stones | [40] [41] [42] | |
Burton | St Nicholas' Church | Big, round scalloped capitals | [43] [44] |
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The county of Cheshire contains some Norman architecture. As Nikolaus Pevsner and Edward Hubbard state, this is not much in comparison with other counties. [1] What there is includes the following:
Location | Structure | Details | Refs | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|
Barthomley | St Bertoline's Church | Blocked doorway | [2] [3] [4] | |
Bruera | St Mary's Church | Chancel arch, south doorway | [5] [6] | |
Chester | Cathedral | North transept, northwest tower, north wall of nave | [7] [8] | |
Chester | Former monastic buildings | Undercroft, abbot's passage, chapel of St Anselm | [9] [10] | |
Chester | Chester Castle | Items in the chapel of St Mary, Castro | [11] | |
Chester | St John the Baptist's Church | Much of the interior, ruins to the east | [12] [13] [14] | |
Church Lawton | All Saints Church | Doorway | [15] [16] [17] | |
Frodsham | St Laurence's Church | Arcade (part) and clerestory; carved masonry inside the tower | [18] [19] [20] | |
Grappenhall | St Wilfrid's Church | Corbel table incorporated into the wall of the south aisle | [21] [22] [23] | |
Middlewich | St Michael and All Angels Church | Fabric in the aisle arcades | [24] | |
Neston | St Mary's and St Helen's Church | Masonry re-used in lower two storeys of the tower | [25] [26] | |
Prestbury | St Peter's Church | Free-standing chapel in the churchyard | [27] [28] [29] | |
Runcorn | Norton Priory | Doorway, undercroft | [30] [31] [32] | |
Shocklach | St Edith's Church | Small church | [33] [34] | |
Shotwick | St Michael's Church | Doorway | [33] [35] [36] |
Location | Structure | Details | Refs | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|
Acton | St Mary's Church | Font | [37] [38] [39] | |
Grappenhall | St Wilfrid's Church | Font | [21] [22] [23] |
Location | Structure | Details | Refs | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|
Acton | St Mary's Church | Free-standing carved stones | [37] [38] [39] | |
Bunbury | St Boniface's Church | Free-standing carved stones | [40] [41] [42] | |
Burton | St Nicholas' Church | Big, round scalloped capitals | [43] [44] |
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