![]() The north-east corner of the tower is supported by two massive buttresses, of the fourteenth century but conveniently described here. ![]() Tufa was widely used in the early Norman period in north Kent. The quoins of its north-west buttress are of squared blocks of tufa, a soft, porous stone formed at springs. Its walls are of coursed rubble of Kentish Rag with wide mortar joints. "Gundulf's' tower? is in a plain Norman style. Seams of the nave wall, an eighteenth to early nineteenth century technique known as galleting. Kentish Rag with dressings of Chilmark stone. Flying buttress to wall of south choir aisle, by Gilbert Scott, 1875. In the east range of the cloister, a weathered twelfth-century column of onyx marble, showing undulate bedding. The flint itself Occurs as lines of nodules in chalk quarries. Some blocks include patches of chert, a hard splintery stone, which like flint is a variety of amorphous (i.e. It is a light grey, hard, finely glauconitic sandy limestone. The Kentish Rag, or Ragstone*, would have been shipped down the Medway from Maidstone. They have pilaster buttresses of Caen stone ashlar', a stone best seen on the cathedral west front. ![]() The early Norman nave wall bays are mainly of Kentish Rag rubble?, with a few flints and pieces of tufa and Roman brick. Some of the earliest masonry of the cathedral exterior is in the north wall of the have, easternmost three bays of the late eleventh to early twelfth century (the rest of the wall having been rebuilt in later periods, though in a similar style).' Also early is 'Gundulf's' tower. ![]() Exterior of nave, west front and Lady Chapel. A circuit is first made of the cathedral exterior, for the texture of building stones is best seen when the stone is in a clean, rain-washed condition, while it is only out-of-doors that weather-resistance, always an important property of building stones, can be assessed marbles, which are polished, are best seen inside a building.ġ. This account is written in the form of an itinerary. Rochester Cathedral is built from a variety of types of stone, the lack of any natural source of high-quality building stone in the cathedral's immediate vicinity having, it would seem, been more than made up for by the situation of Rochester on the Medway estuary, which must have facilitated the import of stone from the earliest times. Featured in The Friends of Rochester Cathedral Annual Report for 1994-1995. Worssam investigates the many types of building stone used in the construction of the Cathedral from the medieval times until Sir George Gilbert Scott’s restoration of the 1870s. Safeguarding Overview, updates and events Safeguarding Audit Safeguarding Contacts Safeguarding Annual Report Policies and Proceduresīernard C.About News Annual Report and Accounts Venue Hire Filming Who's Who Diocese of Rochester Cathedral Policies and Procedures Development Plan.Support Us Vacancies Friends Donate online Sunday Club Volunteer.Cathedral Trust Cathedral Trust Business Guild The Gundulf Society Beacon Fundraising.Learning Schools, colleges and universities Family activities Research Guild.Explore Cathedral collections - Library & archives - Priory & Gardens - Textus Roffensis Historic Rochester Diocese of Rochester Heritage.What's On What's On Services Upcoming Closures Exhibitions Guided Tours Fenland Black Oak Table.Visit Visiting information Getting Here Café in the Crypt Upcoming Closures Visiting FAQ Group visits Guided Tours Pilgrimage Visit Rochester.Worship & Music Services Worship online Prayer Music Weddings Baptism, Confirmation & Holy Communion Funerals.Building stones, 11th-19th century - Rochester Cathedral Rochester Cathedral
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