Oulchy-le-Chateau, Notre-Dame
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Building Data for Oulchy-le-Chateau, Notre-Dame

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  • Type: Abbey
  • Affiliation: Augustinian
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  • Region: Picardie
  • Department: Aisne
  • Coords: 49.205, 3.3698
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  • Surveyed: 1977, 1980-83, 2014

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Timeline and building units for Oulchy-le-Chateau, Notre-Dame 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 Oulchy-le-Chateau, Notre-Dame 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 [1079] - east (a) - 50 Units


In the lowest courses there are indications in the transept walls of an earlier building with a round apse and square transepts, probably half the height of the present choir with different coursing and stone type, and with some remaining capitals over window shafts.
1080

Phase 2 - 1080 [1082] - central block - 45 Units


The solid central block flanked by passages with dado arcades was added onto the apse; probably had a barrel vault built with the room under the tower.
1080

Phase 3 - 1080 [1084] - tower I - 15 Units


Tower I
1080

Phase 4 - 1080 [1084] - tower II - 12 Units


Tower II
1080

Phase 5 - 1080 [1085] - tower III - 12 Units


Tower III
1080

Phase 6 - 1080 [1086] - nave (a) - 52 Units


Nave aisles piers and west wall built separately from the external aisle walls
1150

Phase 7 - 1150 [1150] - choir (b) - 45 Units


The choir was rebuilt in three campaigns utilising much of the earlier structure with bases that suggest there were to have been rib vaults only in the apse.
1150

Phase 8 - 1150 [1153] - choir (c) - 45 Units


Choir to capitals and extended the rib vault construction throughout
1150

Phase 9 - 1150 [1154] - choir (cw) - 45 Units


Raised the height of the choir walls and vaults, especially in the transepts with en delit shafts to earlier window frames and capitals and oculi over the lancets of the terminal walls; all transverse arches were built wider than intended in the capitals so ribs had to be squashed into the tas-de-charge.
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1160

Phase 10 - 1160 - nave (c) - 60 Units


Nave clerestory walls were completed with the west wall and its triple windows.
Later

Phase 11 - Later


The square windows in the nave inserted