St John’s Church, #Duxford #Cambridgeshire
Central tower of a once cruciform church.
Thin single light Norman windows of c.1100. The belfry above has two light windows of c. 1280.
The “spike” is crooked. Maybe, in 1897 a flagpole twisted in a gale.
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Central tower of a once cruciform church.
Thin single light Norman windows of c.1100. The belfry above has two light windows of c. 1280.
The “spike” is crooked. Maybe, in 1897 a flagpole twisted in a gale.
@duxfordstjohns.bsky.social
#SteepleSaturday
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🤔 - your question provoked some research.
The church guidebook refers to possible cruciform plan.
#Pevsner guidebook refers to a nave, tower & chancel.
#HistoricEngland notes only that nave, tower & chancel are 12th Century.
Perhaps @duxfordstjohns.bsky.social has an opinion?
Another one to add to our list.
My wife, Anne, & I thoroughly enjoy the countryside & exploring churches.
There is also perhaps another link in that we have visited Cheshire a fair bit in recent times.
This a detail from the St Christopher window (1927) by #TrenaCox in Chester Cathedral.
We were very fortunate with the late afternoon sunshine.
All in all much less stressful and depressing I reckon! 😊
Hopefully, you’ll like other postings. 😊
The guidebook suggests that the stone tower became unstable & so the brick buttresses were added late 18th or early 19th Century.
We were also looking at one at Whittlesford. Presumably of a similar design.
Unfortunately, Whittlesford church was closed. However, it is on our list for a return visit very soon.
We did manage a reverse image of the Finn window - we now need to see it in reality.