List of Norman architecture in Cheshire

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:

Structures
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]

Furnishings
Location Structure Details Refs Image
Acton St Mary's Church Font [37][38][39]
Grappenhall St Wilfrid's Church Font [21][22][23]

Other
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]

References

Citations

  1. Pevsner & Hubbard 2003, p. 13.
  2. Pevsner and Hubbard, p. 71.
  3. Historic England, "Church of St Bertoline, Barthomley (1330063)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2013
  4. St Bertoline, Barthomley, Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture of Great Britain and Ireland, archived from the original on 2 August 2012, retrieved 13 June 2010
  5. Pevsner and Hubbard, p. 118.
  6. Historic England, "Church of St Mary the Virgin, Saighton (1136639)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2013
  7. Pevsner and Hubbard, pp. 136–141.
  8. Historic England, "Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Chester (1376398)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2013
  9. Pevsner and Hubbard, pp. 145–147.
  10. Historic England, "Former Monastic Buildings to Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Chester (1376397)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2013
  11. St Mary de Castro, Chester, Cheshire, Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, archived from the original on 28 July 2012, retrieved 13 June 2010
  12. Pevsner and Hubbard, pp. 148–149.
  13. Historic England, "Church of St John the Baptist, Chester (1375977)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2013
  14. St John the Baptist, Chester, Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture of Great Britain and Ireland, archived from the original on 29 July 2012, retrieved 13 June 2010
  15. Pevsner and Hubbard, p. 178.
  16. Historic England, "Church of All Saints, Church Lawton (1161743)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2013
  17. All Saints, Church Lawton, Cheshire, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, archived from the original on 29 July 2012, retrieved 13 June 2010
  18. Pevsner and Hubbard, pp. 220–221.
  19. Historic England, "Church of St Lawrence, Frodsham (1253193)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2013
  20. St Lawrence, Frodsham, Cheshire, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture, archived from the original on 24 July 2012, retrieved 13 June 2010
  21. Pevsner and Hubbard, p. 225.
  22. Historic England, "Church of St Wilfrid, Grappenhall (1139320)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2013
  23. St Wilfrid, Grappenhall, Cheshire, Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture of Great Britain and Ireland, archived from the original on 23 December 2012, retrieved 13 June 2010
  24. St. Michael and All Angels, Middlewich, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, archived from the original on 28 July 2012, retrieved 13 June 2010
  25. Pevsner and Hubbard, p. 290.
  26. Historic England, "Church of St Mary and St Helen, Neston (1387671)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2013
  27. Pevsner and Hubbard, p. 316.
  28. Historic England, "Chapel in St Peter's Churchyard, Prestbury (1221896)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2013
  29. Prestbury, Norman Chapel, Cheshire, Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, archived from the original on 30 July 2012, retrieved 13 June 2010
  30. Pevsner and Hubbard, pp. 296–297.
  31. Historic England, "Remains of Norton Priory (1130433)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2013
  32. Norton Priory, Cheshire, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, archived from the original on 29 July 2012, retrieved 14 March 2010
  33. Pevsner and Hubbard, p. 334.
  34. Historic England, "Church of St Edith, Church Shocklach (1228322)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2013
  35. Historic England, "Church of St Michael, Shotwick (1145903)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2013
  36. St Michael, Shotwick, Cheshire, Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, archived from the original on 30 July 2012, retrieved 13 June 2010
  37. Pevsner and Hubbard, p. 53.
  38. Historic England, "Church of St Mary the Virgin, Acton (1330112)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2013
  39. St Mary, Acton, Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, archived from the original on 23 December 2012, retrieved 13 June 2010
  40. Pevsner and Hubbard, p. 120.
  41. Historic England, "Church of St Boniface, Bunbury (1138626)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2013
  42. St Boniface, Bunbury, Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture, archived from the original on 24 July 2012, retrieved 13 June 2010
  43. Pevsner and Hubbard, pp. 121–122.
  44. Historic England, "Church of St Nicholas, Neston (1387811)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 April 2013

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