Gallardon, Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul
GALLARDO

Building Data for Gallardon, Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul

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  • Type: Abbey
  • Affiliation: Benedictine
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  • Region: Centre
  • Department: Eure-et-Loir
  • Coords: 48.525, 1.6881
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  • Surveyed: 1972-74, 1980-83, 2015

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Timeline and building units for Gallardon, Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul 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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1070		 gray 140
1180		 200
1190		 80
1200		 gray 50
1230		 80
1240		 gray
1050 1070s 1180s 1190s 1200s 1230s 1240s 1250

Phases for Gallardon, Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul 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.
1070

Phase 1 - 1070 [1072] - nave - 32 Units


Nave and west wall, with dado arcade and caps, west door
1180

Phase 2 - 1180 [1185] - choir (a) I - 140 Units


Choir phase I; from the 1180s onwards new shafts, capitals and piers working in one slow campaign from north to south; the earlier choir lay within the piers, and was demolished leaving a smaller opening into the nave that was not replaced until the C15 with W1-w buttresses
1190

Phase 3 - 1190 [1195] - choir (a) II - 200 Units


Choir ambulatory phase II; three chapels to different plans, but cant tell the order; as3-en2, ne chapel; choir walls possibly without vaults
1200

Phase 4 - 1200 - choir (a) III - 80 Units


Choir aisles phase III; were cross arches over ambulatory and the groin vaults there as part of the earlier work, or were they with the new arcade as the new arcade may have underpinned the old.
1230

Phase 5 - 1230 [1233] - choir (t) - 50 Units


Choir triforium to clerestory sills
1240

Phase 6 - 1240 - choir (c) - 80 Units


Choir clerestory with tracery and flyers and vaults