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<blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 830019" data-attributes="member: 53455">Saint Andrew in Greensted-juxta-Ongar (2023)This Anglo-Saxon (read: pre-Romanesque; in this case, more specifically Carolingian) church claims to be the oldest wooden church in the world. Dendrochronology dating on the timbers brought back results ranging from 845 to 1055 (the latter with a margin of error of 10 to 55 years). The differing results are not surprising: even though the best oak wood was certainly selected for the walls, it is to be expected that a lesser specimen went undetected and had to be replaced a couple hundred years down the road. As usual in England, there are a lot of later alterations (the chancel is 16th century and the wooden tower 17th), yet this lovely countryside church retains a unique and enormously attractive atmosphere as an ancient place of worship. The southern porch and three dormer windows were also added during the 17th century, and unfortunately further remodeled during the extensive Victorian “restoration” this church had to undergo —or should I say withstand?Nikon Z7 II, Nikkor Z 14-30mm, ƒ/4 S lens, handheld.[ATTACH=full]416176[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue439, post: 830019, member: 53455"] [B]Saint Andrew in Greensted-juxta-Ongar (2023)[/B] This Anglo-Saxon (read: pre-Romanesque; in this case, more specifically Carolingian) church claims to be the oldest wooden church in the world. Dendrochronology dating on the timbers brought back results ranging from 845 to 1055 (the latter with a margin of error of 10 to 55 years). The differing results are not surprising: even though the best oak wood was certainly selected for the walls, it is to be expected that a lesser specimen went undetected and had to be replaced a couple hundred years down the road. As usual in England, there are a lot of later alterations (the chancel is 16th century and the wooden tower 17th), yet this lovely countryside church retains a unique and enormously attractive atmosphere as an ancient place of worship. The southern porch and three dormer windows were also added during the 17th century, and unfortunately further remodeled during the extensive Victorian “restoration” this church had to undergo —or should I say withstand? Nikon Z7 II, Nikkor Z 14-30mm, ƒ/4 S lens, handheld. [ATTACH type="full"]416176[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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