Presles-et-Thierny, Saint-Georges-et-Saint-Quirin
PRESLE-T

Building Data for Presles-et-Thierny, Saint-Georges-et-Saint-Quirin

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  • Type: Parish
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  • Region: Picardie
  • Department: Aisne
  • Coords: 49.509, 3.6263
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  • Surveyed: 1980-83, 2015

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Timeline and building units for Presles-et-Thierny, Saint-Georges-et-Saint-Quirin 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		 89
1080		 gray 25
1120		 10
1130		 gray 18
1160		 gray 22
1180		 22
1190		 12
1200		 gray 35
1240		 gray
1050 1070s 1080s 1120s 1130s 1160s 1180s 1190s 1200s 1240s 1250

Phases for Presles-et-Thierny, Saint-Georges-et-Saint-Quirin 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 [1078] - east (aw) - 40 Units


Apse for plain vault includes north apsidiole and walls for south (though may not have been built)
1070

Phase 2 - 1070 - east (rc) - 20 Units


Tall wall above windows to roof cornice
1080

Phase 3 - 1080 [1087] - nave - 12 Units


Western piers of crossing and west walls of transepts with carved imposts instead of capitals
1080

Phase 4 - 1080 [1088] - tower base - 15 Units


Nave W1-2 with shaft on inside; in WS2 joint 2 course above aisle impost because arch set in while W1 arches have smaller inset for upper part, rest of arches seem altogether.
1080

Phase 5 - 1080 - nave 3-5 - 27 Units


Nave 3-5 no inner pilaster with west wall, which extends across aisles and two W-w windows, but no further.
1080

Phase 6 - 1080 [1085] - west door - 35 Units


West door part of nave, tower base
1120

Phase 7 - 1120 [1127] - south - 25 Units


Line inside of south transept with large corner shafts and arches to support tower.
1130

Phase 8 - 1130 - tower I - 10 Units


W2 pilaster stops at bottom clerestory sills, probably in line with tower I, and seemsthat tower and clerestory were built together so that when this wall was completed buttress added on nw corner tower; there was no indication of this buttress below cornice.
1160

Phase 9 - 1160 [1165] - porch - 18 Units


Porch
1180

Phase 10 - 1180 - crossing - 10 Units


Crossing with shafts for vaults, en delit
1180

Phase 11 - 1180 - south (v) - 12 Units


Octagonal south transept vault under tower
1190

Phase 12 - 1190 - north, south (t) - 22 Units


North
1200

Phase 13 - 1200 - tower II - 12 Units


Tower II
1240

Phase 14 - 1240 - nave (a) - 35 Units


Nave arcades