St Bartholomew's Church @ Tong
Creator: WildGoosey
Deployed: NO
First to Capture: izzyandthelizardking
Last Capture: Oct 22, 2011
Number of Captures: 4
Kayla's (My Great Granddaughter's Christening 14/08/11
Before landscaping was carried out in the 1760s the church would have appeared more domineering than it does today. It was built on the edge of a steep valley that flowed on to the castle.
The Church Pool created by George Durant has now silted up, a little way along the stream to the south, now deep underneath the pool was the main mill at Tong.
The church is a fine example of Perpendicular Gothic Architecture. The church (with the exception of the Golden Chapel) was built between 1410 and 1430.
It is a cruciform building although the transepts do not project beyond the walls of the aisles. The chancel has three bays and a large square vestry at the north-east corner. The length of the church is 107 feet and the width of the nave and aisles 47 feet.
The external view is dominated by the battlemented parapets, that conceal the flattened roofs, and by the central tower that changes, just above the roof level, from square to octagonal. This transition is effected by chamfered angles and the stone spire rises from the octagonal parapet. There are sixteen gargoyles around the exterior.
http://www.discoveringtong.org/tong600/tongchurch.htm
ON BACK OF ROAD SIGN
Before landscaping was carried out in the 1760s the church would have appeared more domineering than it does today. It was built on the edge of a steep valley that flowed on to the castle.
The Church Pool created by George Durant has now silted up, a little way along the stream to the south, now deep underneath the pool was the main mill at Tong.
The church is a fine example of Perpendicular Gothic Architecture. The church (with the exception of the Golden Chapel) was built between 1410 and 1430.
It is a cruciform building although the transepts do not project beyond the walls of the aisles. The chancel has three bays and a large square vestry at the north-east corner. The length of the church is 107 feet and the width of the nave and aisles 47 feet.
The external view is dominated by the battlemented parapets, that conceal the flattened roofs, and by the central tower that changes, just above the roof level, from square to octagonal. This transition is effected by chamfered angles and the stone spire rises from the octagonal parapet. There are sixteen gargoyles around the exterior.
http://www.discoveringtong.org/tong600/tongchurch.htm
ON BACK OF ROAD SIGN