Stiffleaf's photos with the keyword: high ongar

high ongar church

high ongar church

Stiffleaf
07 May 2012 101
the porch tower was added to this rectangular church in 1858
high ongar church

high ongar church

Stiffleaf
07 May 2012 56
nave early norman, chancel early english, a couple of dec windows and a porch tower of 1858.
high ongar church

high ongar church

Stiffleaf
07 May 2012 91
view through the window showing some norman and dec. detail in the north wall, overpowered by the cheap lecture theatre chairs of some practical modernising hand
high ongar church, essex, the best feature of the church is this south doorway of c.1140, with chip carved tympanum, zig zag arches and scalloped capitals. the doors probably date from the building of the porch tower in 1858;

high ongar church, essex, the best feature of the…

Stiffleaf
07 May 2012 96
high ongar church

high ongar church

Stiffleaf
07 May 2012 100
north side of the early c12 church, which retains original north and south nave doorways of c.1140, as well as several small norman windows. the chancel was extended in the c13, and one or two larger windows added around 1300. the tower is victorian.
high ongar church, c12 essex,the only exciting feature of the church is this south doorway of c.1140, with chip carved tympanum, zig zag arches and scalloped capitals. even this is somewhat spoiled by the doors which probably date from the building of the

high ongar church, c12 essex,the only exciting fea…

Stiffleaf
07 May 2012 95
high ongar church

high ongar church

Stiffleaf
07 May 2012 91
perhaps the incumbent was very low, but did he have to depress us too ? view through the window showing that the church seems to have suffered some holocaust, and then been restored by an interior designer more used to furnishing dole offices. only someone who hankered after a soulless modern box would do this to an old church: red carpets and lino floors would be bad enough without the serried ranks of office chairs marching up to the banal migraine inducing banners that seem inseperable from such churches , which desire modern relevance for their religion at the expense of history and the numinous. norman and dec. windows survive for now.