Stiffleaf's photos with the keyword: northumbria

berwick on tweed 1648-52 young

berwick on tweed 1648-52 young

Stiffleaf
25 Jan 2010 119
alnwick hulne priory 1230

alnwick hulne priory 1230

Stiffleaf
13 Jan 2010 125
norham chancel 1180

norham chancel 1180

Stiffleaf
08 Nov 2009 108
this elevation is evidence of the growth of formal design in norman architecture, with thought gone into the repetition of pilaster buttresses and arched windows
norham nave 1180

norham nave 1180

Stiffleaf
08 Nov 2009 104
large boned norman nave, showing how dark such churches were until clerestories were added later. this one is stygian even with its skylights.
lindisfarne priory

lindisfarne priory

Stiffleaf
05 Nov 2009 155
south transept from the east, built in the first part of the c12
lindisfarne priory

lindisfarne priory

Stiffleaf
05 Nov 2009 152
the church from the n.w., showing the north wall of the nave aisle and the north transept of the beginning of the c12.
lindisfarne priory

lindisfarne priory

Stiffleaf
05 Nov 2009 143
interior of the c12 west front, with its unusual gallery running across the lower window, and two loops for fortification at the top
lindisfarne priory

lindisfarne priory

Stiffleaf
05 Nov 2009 147
interior of the north transept from the choir
lindisfarne priory

lindisfarne priory

Stiffleaf
05 Nov 2009 141
west front of the c12 monastic church. most such facades gained larger windows in the later middle ages, but the only later work here is for security. two cross slits have been added above the top window
lindisfarne 1135

lindisfarne 1135

Stiffleaf
05 Nov 2009 147
founded from durham in the late c11, the arcades show the influence of those there. the high arch is the diagonal rib of the crossing vault; through it can be seen the east end whose apse was squared off in the enlargement of 1150
lindisfarne cross

lindisfarne cross

Stiffleaf
02 Nov 2009 139
Cross slab prob. from around 700 A.D., now in the museum here