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EPISCOPATE
The past is around us, and is best ascertained through the knowledge of that which is left behind.
These pages will show you how to date buildings, and how to find the true gems.
Some of the best buildings to visit are cathedrals, constructions which still fulfill their original purpose, which, unlike castles and fortresses, which have largely changed their function, can give us an atmospheric insight into the lives of the people who used them. Which to visit? In these links, the cathedrals of England and Wales have been ranked according to architectural significance, as well as the facilities on offer to the modern visitor. See below for the architectural guide.
The League table is the totals...the data shows you how the results were obtained.
The Cathedrals Data (needs Internet Explorer for best results)
St. Mary's Oxted: link to a working Anglican town and country parish church
The Architectural Guide...
Architectural periods in British Buildings
Style Dates Features
Romanesque
Roman Until around 420 Red brick, round arches. Pillars and pillastas. Odd mosaic... v. rare!
Anglo-Saxon Until 1060 Round arches, chunky masonry. Small triangular windows. Preferred wood!
Norman 1060-1170 Round arches, thick round columns. Chevron ornamentation. Gargoyles. Brutal!
Transitional 1170-1210 Arches becomming pointed. "Dog tooth" ornament. They can do stone ceilings now!
Gothic
Early English 1210-1320 Very pointed arches. Use of black Purbeck Marble. Pointed Lancet windows.
Decorated 1320-1390 Broader pointed arches. Foliage ornamentation, esp. ball flowers.
Perpendicular 1390-1480 Native English: broad, lofty, only slight points in the arches. Fan vaulting. Very cool!
Tudor/Elizabethan 1480-1610 Use of red brick, cylindrical gate towers and broad arches. Ruffs! Plaster. Chimneys.
Renaissance
Jacobean 1610-1640 Severe black woodern carving! Beards and wigs etc. Cupids and Death heads.
Neo Classical/Baroque
Stuart 1640-1690 All the fake Roman stuff, columns, square stuff, scrolls, panelling and iron railings.
Queen Anne 1780-1713 As above.
Georgian 1713-1810 Getting a bit more formal, big windows, fancy laid-out gardens & big steps.
Regency 1810-1830 As above but more so. Occasional Greek Temples etc. Balconies.
Gothic Revival
Victorian 1830-1900 The really, really overdone fake gothic/anything, mable wahay etc.
Edwardian 1900-1910 As above, but a bit more restrained and "blocky".
Modern
Modern 1935 onwards Concrete, need I say more? Tudorbethan suburbs.
Post Modern 1960s onwards Anything goes, as long as it hasn't been done before!!
Pictures will follow etc.