Norfolk Churches

Norfolk Churches

Author: David Stanford

Publisher: White Lion Publishing

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9780711227422

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The tireless photographer and church-spotter David Stanford, author of "Suffolkhurches" and "Essex Churches", now turns his attention to Norfolk, presentingifty more churches from the county, chosen for their beauty, historical or ancdotal interest, in a series of captivating photographic portraits. The broadelection includes the eccentric confection that is St Michael and All Saints Boton, described by Lutyens as 'very naughty but in the right spirit', St Andre Gunton, designed by Robert Adam, St Helen Ranworth, known as 'the Cathedral o the Broads' and the mysterious Red Mound Chapel at Kings Lynn.;David Stanfords atmospheric photography captures the spirit of these unique buildings as arcitectural heritage, as historic monuments and as places of Christian devotion.


The Guide to Norfolk Churches

The Guide to Norfolk Churches

Author: D. P. Mortlock

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13:

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This invaluable and straightforward guide to the living medieval churches of Norfolk helps the church visitor to understand both the universal features of churches and the history of medieval England.


The Angel Roofs of East Anglia

The Angel Roofs of East Anglia

Author: Michael Rimmer

Publisher: Lutterworth Press

Published: 2015-08-27

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 0718843185

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Shortlisted for the East Anglian Book Awards 2016! It has been estimated that over 90% of England's figurative medieval art was obliterated in the image destruction of the Reformation. Medieval angel roofs, timber structures with spectacular and ornate carvings of angels, with a peculiar preponderance in East Anglia, were simply too difficult for Reformation iconoclasts to reach. Angel roof carvings comprise the largest surviving body of major English medieval wood sculpture. Though they areboth masterpieces of sculpture and engineering, angel roofs have been almost completely neglected by academics and art historians, because they are inaccessible, fixed and challenging to photograph. 'The Angel Roofs of East Anglia' is the first detailed historical and photographic study of the region's many medieval angel roofs. It shows the artistry and architecture of these inaccessible and little-studied medieval artworks in more detail and clarity than ever before, and explains how they were made, by whom, and why. Michael Rimmer redresses the scholarly neglect and brings the beauty, craftsmanship and history of these astonishing medieval creations to the reader. The book also offers a fascinating new answer to the question of why angel roofs are so overwhelmingly an East Anglian phenomenon, but relatively rare elsewhere in the country.


England's Thousand Best Churches

England's Thousand Best Churches

Author: Simon Jenkins

Publisher: Penguin Global

Published: 2012-07

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781846146640

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Simon Jenkins has travelled the length and breadth of England to select his thousand best churches. Organised by county, each church is described - often with delightful asides - and given a star-rating from one to five. All of the county sections are prefaced by a map locating each church, and lavishly illustrated with colour photos from the Country Life archive. Jenkins contends that these churches house a gallery of vernacular art without equal in the world. Here, he brings that museum to public attention.