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St Mary's Church, Beverley
An account of its building over 400 years
from 1120 to 1524

by

W C B Smith RIBA

 

Page Chapter CONTENTS
pp 1 to 100   Chronological account of the building of St Mary's from c. 1120 to 1524, in 7 chapters, each   preceded by a development plan.
pp 101 to 125   Appendices 1 to XIX.
101   1 Detailed description of transepts.
102 11 Contemporary records of the fall of the Minster tower c. 1200.
103 111 Detailed description of the internal doorway into the south porch
103 IV Detailed description of the 13th century respond piers (nave, east end)
104 V Detailed description of the Geometric windows in Holy Trinity Chapel.
105 VI Detailed description of the windows south chancel and south transept aisles
106 VII Detailed description of the north arcade of the chancel.
107  VIII Detailed description of the B.V.M. niche in the north chancel arcade
108 IX Detailed description of the stone vault over St Michael's Chapel and Sacristy
110 X Detailed description of the windows in St Michael's Chapel and Sacristy.
111 Xl Priest's rooms and contents of the exhibition.
117 XII Detailed description of the nave clearstories
118 XIII Detailed description of the west front.
119 XIV Detailed description of the south porch
120 XV Detailed description of the clearstories to the chancel and transepts.
121 XVI Chancel roof, pictorial ceiling.
122 XVII Stalls and misericords.
124 XVIII Nave arcade as rebuilt after the fall of the tower in 1520.
125 XIX Stone vaulting to the south porch
pp 126   Index
     
pp 136   John Bilson, Consulting Architect in the first 30 years of the 20th century.
pp 140   Orientation of medieval churches in general and the two Beverley churches in particular.
pp 142    Chancel ceiling - why in St Mary's?
pp 142  

Planning principles of medieval churches illustrated by a plan of the Minster (one of the earliest to plan on a grid).

 
Last modified: 28 September, 2004