Where Am I? No. 32 - Country Church

[cazza59]

Thanks Caz. Is it my imagination or does that have the look of a celtic cross? 

Do you mean the white cross, or the cross above it?  There's a pattern in the cross above it that looks celtic to my untrained eye.

[cazza59]

Is that a Knights Templar symbol over the door?

Cannot get the da Vinci code out of my head now.. 

Caz

[cazza59]

The tower peeping over the top has lucarnes.  I'm not really that clever, Pat enlightened us on this particular architectural term in WAI 29   

To quote Pat:
 "A lucarne is a "small gabled opening in a roof or a spire"

Hope this helps with the search 

Well I'm impressed…. 

[cazza59]

That's the "croix pattée". It being white would suggest that it is related to the "Knights Hospitallers" which is the Order of St John.

Regards

Malky

This is getting very interesting.  Must say you have a very impressive, broad depth of knowledge Malky!   

[cazza59]

The use of knapped flint in older buildings is confined mainly to Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, Sussex, Kent, Suffolk and Norfolk.

The photographs are misleading - both are of the same porch.

Imber

That's very handy to know Imber.  Might also be handy to note down for the rest of the searches.

Thanks for joining in, the more the merrier!! 

Caz

[cazza59]

Oh well - at least I got the flint bit right!   

Thanks Imber.  Agree - same porch further away down the steps.

Agree - my uncle who was a Knight of St John (Hospitallers)had a white cross like that on his great cape.   

Added  but with the 8 points as shown in subsequent posts.

I also agree it's the same porch taken from different perspectives.

I'll swap you your Knight of St John for one of my Ag Labs!  Jealous? Me?      Lucky thing! 

Caz

[cazza59]

For those who want some more homework over the Bank Holiday

http://www.stgeorgeto.org/the-cross/

So many different styles of crosses, very interesting reading!

Thanks for the link DG.

Caz

[cazza59]

Having another look at this I don't think its a church...well not in the regular sense. I feel it is either a private church or it is a parsonage or vicarage.

The garden is a bit too much for what I know of churches. ( and true that's not much  )

It does look like quite a well maintained, typical English garden, but it appears to outside the fence of the church, so perhaps the photo was taken from the vicarage garden next door. 

[cazza59]

Just wondering about the style, Romanesque maybe 

I thought medieval, but what do I know.

Caz