Church
of St. John at Escomb
Church
of St. John at Escomb represents one of the oldest buildings in United Kingdom,
being a Saxon church. The building materials used in building this building
date back in Binchester employing the Old Roman Fort. It is evident that most
of the stones comprises Romanian inscription on them, which basically describes
the main source of the materials used in constructing the building (Rodwell
2013). The church date around 670 to 690 as when
the building started serving as a church, without a common denomination.
The
church integrates a simple layout described in an old setting. To the south,
the building comprises of a porch leading to a narrow nave. To the west of this
south door the building exhibits the font. On the other hand, the high alter is
at the left of the nave and in between there is a high channel arch. The high
alter is a small sanctuary that mainly facilitates the worshiping purposes of
the believers Rodwell 2013).
The
interior side of the church comprises of a wide array wealth of Saxon. The font
present in the nave is quite simple and dates at around 13th century, which is
just an estimate for it could date earlier than that. On the north of the arch
there exists the Chancel Arch, which mainly is built of the Binchester Roman
old fort. The south porch of the
building comprises of two Saxon stone crosses (Rodwell 2013). Besides, there is
the availability of other materials such as bit of carvings that contribute to
attributing the origin of materials used during the construction of the
building.
Moreover,
there exists the Roman stone, which is present on the north wall. The roman stone mainly supports the Saxon
window that is slightly aside of it. As stated earlier, most of the stones used
in constructing the building comprises of inscribed Roman words. The Roman stone contains “bono rei pubucae
nato,” Roman words that mean to the man born good of the state (Rodwell 2013).
The building further houses many paintings that are visible outside the arch.
Most of these paintings are of 12th to 13th century and the shape of the cross
is one of the painting present in the building. The building and its structural layout are
very ideal and well united in its own way of process.
References
Rodwell, W. (2013). The
Archaeology of Churches. Amberley Publishing Limited.
"Chapter 4: Local Party
Government." Local Government Institutionalization in Hungary (n.d.):
n. pag. Web.
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