Villennes-sur-Seine, Saint-Nicolas
VILLENNE

Building Data for Villennes-sur-Seine, Saint-Nicolas

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  • Type: Parish
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  • Region: Ile-de-France
  • Department: Yvelines
  • Coords: 48.94, 1.9989
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  • Surveyed: 2017

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Timeline and building units for Villennes-sur-Seine, 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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Phases for Villennes-sur-Seine, 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.
1110

Phase 1 - 1110 [1115] - east - 30 Units


Eastern crossing piers designed for three bays; with capitals remaining.
1110

Phase 2 - 1110 - west - 40 Units


Crossing and nave arcade and part of clerestory; the interior capitals were replaced with simple repetitive forms.
1120

Phase 3 - 1120 [1121] - 1120 - 10 Units


West wall with portal set between earlier arcade, the exterior and portal were restored in 1875, though the worn state of some of the capitals suggests they are original.
1120

Phase 4 - 1120 [1122] - west (c) - 8 Units


Wide upper western window.
1120

Phase 5 - 1120 - aisles - 40 Units


Aisle walls seem, in spite of the renovations, to have been added after the arcade arches, supporting the tower ion the south-west corner.