Comperandum - Church Towers
A nod to Banister Fletcher: Church Towers
buckinghamshire
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Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 9 Jun 2023
There's a rap on the door. It's Caroline the architect - I'm still in my orrery. I exit the van via the rear door and hand her a rainbow baton we found earlier in the Orangery - left over from a wedding at the weekend. The tailgate hisses as it rises. I feel like Major Tom exiting an air lock.
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Aerial Video of All Saints, Hillesden, Buckinghamshire
The church at Hillesden has a lot to answer for. It is reputed that George Gilbert Scott, who lived nearby, said that it was this church that inspired his love of Gothic.
Be there: All Saints, Wing, Buckinghamshire in glorious VR
I came to Wing in Buckinghamshire to see just one thing: the Anglo Saxon apse to the church. The apse is C10th and is thought to have been built for Aelfgifa, sister-in-law to King Edgar.
Be there: All Saints, Hillesden, Bucks in glorious VR
The church at Hillesden has a lot to answer for. It is reputed that George Gilbert Scott, who lived nearby, said that it was this church that inspired his love of Gothic.
Aerial Video of All Saints, Wing, Buckinghamshire
For me, this is more than just a building. With its classical references it betrays the power of Rome upon the imagination of the Anglo Saxon.