Château-Landon, Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption
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Building Data for Château-Landon, Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption

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  • Type: Abbey
  • Affiliation: Augustinian
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  • Region: Ile-de-France
  • Department: Seine-et-Marne
  • Coords: 48.148, 2.7019
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  • Surveyed: 1980-83, 2015

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Timeline and building units for Château-Landon, Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption A 'building unit' is an arbitrary unit of work based on bulk billing techniques used by quantity surveyors. The unit is small enough to provide realistic figures in the small churches without becoming too huge in the large. Six units would pay for one small vaulted bay in an aisle about 3 metres square, or a small first-floor gallery. Such a bay would consist of an external wall with a small window, half of two columns about 3 meters tall, the floor and footings under them and the vault and roof overhead.
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A 'building unit' is an arbitrary unit of work based on bulk billing techniques used by quantity surveyors. The unit is small enough to provide realistic figures in the small churches without becoming too huge in the large. Six units would pay for one small vaulted bay in an aisle about 3 metres square, or a small first-floor gallery. Such a bay would consist of an external wall with a small window, half of two columns about 3 meters tall, the floor and footings under them and the vault and roof overhead.

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Phases for Château-Landon, Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption The building sequence is based on my on-site analysis of the construction history, using the techniques developed on the cathedral of Chartres called toichology, and described in a number of publications. The analysis of some of the smaller churches are more approximate than I would like, and need further analysis. <p>I have used 'phase' rather than 'campaign' to to identify a contiguous zone with similar elements. A campaign would be defined by recognisable breaks and construction joints in the fabric: there may be a number of phases within a campaign. One benefit is that separate programs by subcontractors, such as carvers, may be isolated, which is particularly useful in complex sections, such as portals. <p>Every phase has been assigned to a decade, so there may be more than one phase in a decade. <p>While this is certainly imperfect, it will allow us to explore all the data, including costs, across time. This is an on-going process, so as the data continues to be analyzed, the chronology and costing analysis will be further refined, and the synopsis updated. <p>Clicking on any of the decade graphics will display all buildings that had work being done during that decade.
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The building sequence is based on my on-site analysis of the construction history, using the techniques developed on the cathedral of Chartres called toichology, and described in a number of publications. The analysis of some of the smaller churches are more approximate than I would like, and need further analysis.

I have used 'phase' rather than 'campaign' to to identify a contiguous zone with similar elements. A campaign would be defined by recognisable breaks and construction joints in the fabric: there may be a number of phases within a campaign. One benefit is that separate programs by subcontractors, such as carvers, may be isolated, which is particularly useful in complex sections, such as portals.

Every phase has been assigned to a decade, so there may be more than one phase in a decade.

While this is certainly imperfect, it will allow us to explore all the data, including costs, across time. This is an on-going process, so as the data continues to be analyzed, the chronology and costing analysis will be further refined, and the synopsis updated.

Clicking on any of the decade graphics will display all buildings that had work being done during that decade.
Earlier

Phase 1 - Earlier


North nave aisle wall with herringbone coursing, date uncertain
1070

Phase 2 - 1070 [1078] - west (a) - 72 Units


West wall as a 2-storey ashlar panel with sidewalls in rubble that may have been connected to the side walls of the nave.
1070

Phase 3 - 1070 [1079] - west (c) - 80 Units


Upper part of west wall with window
1120

Phase 4 - 1120 [1120] - choir (b) - 140 Units


Lower choir walls with the same little figures at the bases; the stub for north nave, and on south a shaft; the base of this shaft turns to the west as if for a wall but does not align with the remains of the south wall that is displayed in the clerestory; the tops of the splays into the north aisle are decorated with little figures; the choir sills and south transept entry portal with their capitals that were by one of the crews that later worked on the clerestory capitals.
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1120

Phase 5 - 1120 [1121] - apse (aw) - 30 Units


Apse window capitals and arches; they are in a different manner to those in the vaulting capitals and are 5 courses lower.
1120

Phase 6 - 1120 [1122] - choir (c) - 65 Units


The choir has the same imposts all round, and the same little decorative items at the tops of the splays as in the north aisle, suggesting the same master; there are two distinct groups of capitals, one in a fretwork manner like those in the south portal in which each carver conformed to the same detailing, and the other with individual designs of a simpler nature.
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1120

Phase 7 - 1120 - choir (v) - 70 Units


Choir ribs and arches, some with triple rolls and some with flat sections; the varied profiles suggest a number of campaigns.
1130

Phase 8 - 1130 - nave (a) - 15 Units


Nave aisle arches; north nave arcade added between choir and west wall, with timber roof; the order of the stonework against the base projecting from the crossing pier suggests the arches to the west were after; yet the quality of the stonework and the quarry suggest a less sophisticated period, in which case the stub would have been inserted under the older arches.
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1130

Phase 9 - 1130 - nave (c)


Courses of the north nave clerestory windows are tied into the soffits over the western arch; presume it had been the same in south as there are vestiges of the same windows over the inserted 15th century arches; these continue into the transepts.
1190

Phase 10 - 1190 - tower I, II, III - 80 Units


Three stories of the tower
Later

Phase 11 - Later


Rebuilt south nave aisle, demolished arcade and most of the walls while leaving the upper courses and the roof in place.