Couvrelles, Saint-Lubin
COUVRELL

Building Data for Couvrelles, Saint-Lubin

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  • Type: Parish
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  • Region: Picardie
  • Department: Aisne
  • Coords: 49.339, 3.4904
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  • Surveyed: 1977, 1980-83, 2003, 2014

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Timeline and building units for Couvrelles, Saint-Lubin 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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1120		 gray 16
1160		 28
1170		 127
1180		 gray 24
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1050 1120s 1160s 1170s 1180s 1200s 1250

Phases for Couvrelles, Saint-Lubin 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


Walls remnants on the lateral external faces of the apse that include doors, one of which connected to the castle;
1120

Phase 2 - 1120 [1122] - old apse - 21 Units


Apse that was probably circular with a low vault, and includes the two shafts and capitals in the entry presumably with an arch;
1160

Phase 3 - 1160 - crossing (a) - 16 Units


Bases to the crossing piers without aisles, to the level of the apse capitals; this was the intended height for the nave clerestory;
1170

Phase 4 - 1170 [1179] - west wall - 28 Units


West front constructed on its own full height, for a much taller church; this was in the last years of the decade;
1180

Phase 5 - 1180 - nave (c) - 127 Units


Nave, crossing and apse built in a multitude of small campaigns through the 80s and 90s
1200

Phase 6 - 1200 - apse, nave (v) - 24 Units


Nave, crossing and apse vaulted;