Longpont, Saint-Sébastien
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Building Data for Longpont, Saint-Sébastien

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  • Type: Abbey
  • Affiliation: Cistercian
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  • Region: Picardie
  • Department: Aisne
  • Coords: 49.272, 3.2214
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  • Surveyed: 1980-83, 2003, 2015

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Timeline and building units for Longpont, Saint-Sébastien 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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gray gray 561
1180		 330
1190		 1080
1200		 422
1210		 221
1220		 gray
1050 1180s 1190s 1200s 1210s 1220s 1250

Phases for Longpont, Saint-Sébastien 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 [1180] - choir (b,a,t) - 561 Units


Setout the choir and walls of the transepts with bases and corbel over entry to the south that suggest it was the work of Scarlet.
1190

Phase 2 - 1190 - choir (c+) - 330 Units


Choir clerestory
1200

Phase 3 - 1200 [1202] - nave aisle (s) - 300 Units


Walls of nave to about the level of the sills and west doors.
1200

Phase 4 - 1200 [1204] - nave (a) - 400 Units


Nave aisle capitals and vaults
1200

Phase 5 - 1200 [1206] - nave (t) - 380 Units


Nave triforium
1210

Phase 6 - 1210 [1207] - nave (c+) - 422 Units


Nave clerestory tracery, vaults, probably transepts too.
1220

Phase 7 - 1220 - transept (c) - 221 Units


Transept clerestory