| Avington, Berkshire - St Mark and St Luke 12th Century Click photos to enlarge. |
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| Nave west end and south porch | Chancel south side | Chancel east end | Chancel north side | |
| A memorable
little church ... entirely Norman (12th century), with nearly all the windows
original ... Lower 13th century window on chancel south side. |
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Nave north side with 13th century blocked doorway |
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doorway with diverse zigzags. |
Inside more thrills to come, the broad, rather sagging chancel arch with scallop capitals, beakhead, zigzag at r. angles, and pellets in the arch, and capitals of open-mouthed beasts. |
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13th century doorway at the east end of the nave |
The chancel is of two bays, and it was once rib-vaulted. The responds have scalloped capitals, the ribs of the first bay had beakhead (a unique motif?) ... |
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East end of chancel |
FONT. Even this is Norman, and it is moreover exceptionally interesting. Tub-shaped, eleven narrow arches with figures squeezed in ... |
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