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A small tower church built in timber, with a small eastern extension for the chancel and sometimes also a small "west-nave". Replacement of the chancel and west-nave, if present, using stone. Rebuilding of the ground floor of the tower in stone. Addition of north and south wings to the tower, to make a "winged square".
15th-century rood screen from the chapel of St Fiacre at Le Faouet Morbihan, France, including the two thieves on either side of Christ Usual location of a rood screen. The rood screen (also choir screen, chancel screen, or jubé) is a common feature in late medieval church architecture.
The nave (/ n eɪ v /) is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] When a church contains side aisles , as in a basilica -type building, the strict definition of the term "nave" is restricted to the central ...
The chancel may be a step or two higher than the level of the nave, and the sanctuary is often raised still further. The chancel is very often separated from the nave by altar rails , or a rood screen , a sanctuary bar, or an open space, and its width and roof height is often different from that of the nave; usually the chancel will be narrower ...
Wooden and iron altar rails in St Pancras Church, Ipswich. The altar rail (also known as a communion rail or chancel rail) is a low barrier, sometimes ornate and usually made of stone, wood or metal in some combination, delimiting the chancel or the sanctuary and altar in a church, [1] [2] from the nave and other parts that contain the congregation.
The placement of the choir within a large Latin cross church The choir of Bristol Cathedral, with the nave seen through the chancel screen, so looking west. A choir, also sometimes called quire, [1] is the area of a church or cathedral that provides seating for the clergy and church choir.
The earliest known use of the area dates to 1725 when George Burrington operated a plantation following his first term as colonial governor of the then Province of North Carolina. It later was known as Snows Point when owned by rice planter Robert Snow. During the Civil War, the area hosted an artillery battery protecting the Cape Fear River ...
The transepts cross the nave at the crossing, which belongs equally to the main nave axis and to the transept. Upon its four piers , the crossing may support a spire (e.g., Salisbury Cathedral ), a central tower (e.g., Gloucester Cathedral ) or a crossing dome (e.g., St Paul's Cathedral ).