Villers-Saint-Paul, Saint-Paul
construction history in phases
VLRS-SP

Building Data for Villers-Saint-Paul, Saint-Paul

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  • Type: Parish
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  • Region: Picardie
  • Department: Oise
  • Coords: 49.287, 2.4918
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  • Surveyed: 1977, 1980-83, 2003, 2005, 2014

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Studies These draft studies have been written as if all carvings were by an individual whereas they can equally be analysed as template modes employed by a number of carvers. The more personal approach was necessitated by the complexity of the data. The drafts will be reconsidered after I have added the rib vault material to the database.
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These draft studies have been written as if all carvings were by an individual whereas they can equally be analysed as template modes employed by a number of carvers. The more personal approach was necessitated by the complexity of the data. The drafts will be reconsidered after I have added the rib vault material to the database.

Timeline and building units for Villers-Saint-Paul, Saint-Paul 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 Villers-Saint-Paul, Saint-Paul 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.
Earlier

Phase 1 - Earlier - apse


Apse located in centre of new choir, which is may be why later tower was located to the side.
1100

Phase 2 - 1100 [1103] - nave (a) - 55 Units


Nave arcade and north aisle wall.
1130

Phase 3 - 1130 [1130] - w portal 1 - 13 Units


West portal stage I, bonded into south aisle wall.
1130

Phase 4 - 1130 [1130] - w portal 2 - 10 Units


West portal stage II up to impost,
1130

Phase 5 - 1130 [1135] - nave (c) - 32 Units


West gable and nave clerestory with west wall with twin windows and oculus, but cant tell for sure as external stones replaced, but from interior capital and connections between coursing on the inside seem contemporary; cornice interesting.
1230

Phase 6 - 1230 [1230] - choir n (d) - 50 Units


North wall of choir laid out with start of dado, possibly did not include footings for all choir walls, and was followed a little later with the bases to tower and east of the choir that was placed in second bay to leave old apse in place.
1230

Phase 7 - 1230 - choir s (d), tower (b) - 50 Units


More on north wall, with bases to tower and east with capitals that form a group that seem earlier than south; EN2 under tower passage has corbel and with WN1 crossing pier as capital same as others in the north.
1230

Phase 8 - 1230 - south (d) - 50 Units


South walls and dado and all walls to lower vaults, began northern tracery and ready to remove existing apse, which may have had 3 chapels in this confined space; the three crossing piers started in separate campaigns; a large campaign that included the tower room over vaultfrom the two slot windows in stairs and that all treads the same.
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1230

Phase 9 - 1230 - crossing - 50 Units


Three crossing piers; NE2 vault for tower and vault to room over
1240

Phase 10 - 1240 - east (v) - 50 Units


Gradual completion of windows and the high vaults into the 1260s.