Laval-en-Laonnois, Saint-Nicolas
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Building Data for Laval-en-Laonnois, Saint-Nicolas

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  • Type: Parish
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  • Region: Picardie
  • Department: Aisne
  • Coords: 49.501, 3.5961
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  • Surveyed: 1980-83, 2003, 2015

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Timeline and building units for Laval-en-Laonnois, Saint-Nicolas 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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1210		 66
1220		 40
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Phases for Laval-en-Laonnois, Saint-Nicolas 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.
1180

Phase 1 - 1180 - east (b) - 35 Units


3 courses all round (excluding crossing) with the old church in the way so had to be built inside to top of torus or just above; with a hexagonal staircase
1180

Phase 2 - 1180 [1180] - east (a) - 50 Units


East with round-arch dado; coursing steps down to north chapel, and then to lowest courses to opening into nave.
1210

Phase 3 - 1210 - w crossing, nave - 22 Units


South side of west crossing piers look similar, the large shafts for future nave arcade intending aisles
1210

Phase 4 - 1210 - s nave (a) - 10 Units


South nave caps
1220

Phase 5 - 1220 - w crossing, nave - 20 Units


Ditto, north side but different dimensions and shafts not same
1220

Phase 6 - 1220 - n nave (a) - 10 Units


North nave caps
1220

Phase 7 - 1220 - crossing (c) - 36 Units


Both crossing clerestory caps, though crossing piers set out at different times with north and west transept walls, openings.
1230

Phase 8 - 1230 - transepts - 40 Units


Transepts and their vaults in whih the outer caps not with crossing, but probably later; confused stonework around north side of opening into nave, and similarly on the south.