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St Mary's Priory Church, Deerhurst, near Gloucester, England, is unusual in that it contains many elaborate Anglo-Saxon details, including carvings and sculpture. At the beginning of the 9th century land was granted to Deerhurst, and it is generally accepted that significant work was carried out during the 9th and 10th centuries. This makes the church contemporary with the Carolingian Renaissance on the continent, which may have provided the artistic impetus. There is a second important Anglo-Saxon building in the village, Odda's Chapel, lying about 200 yards south-west of the church ==The tower== The lower half of the church tower has stonework laid in herringbone fashion, and above is of later construction with quoins. The lower part of the tower is unusually divided into two separate compartments. On the second floor there is a western arched doorway with a square hood-mould and beast's head above. This doorway possibly provided access onto an outside gallery. At this level, on the eastern side of the tower, there is an elaborately carved double triangular-headed opening into the nave with stylised capitals and fluted pilasters with reeded decoration. Below, at first floor level, there is a blocked-up doorway, positioned off-centre, which most likely provided access to a gallery in the nave. Corbels just below this doorway tend to justify this argument. A triangular window is also cut into the east wall of the tower and each of the nave side walls at this level. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St Mary's Priory Church, Deerhurst」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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