Section IV of VI
The Church
A parish church that was never finished.
St Thomas the Martyr is a chancel and transepts with open ground where the nave belongs. These quarters deal with the building, the tombs inside it, and the gap between the church that was drawn and the parish that arrived.
The quarters in this section
3 quarters
Every piece in this section-
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The Church That Lost Its Nave
St Thomas the Martyr stands as a chancel and transepts with nothing in front of them. Whether the nave was destroyed or never completed, and what the surviving fabric argues.
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The Alard Tombs
Two of the earliest surviving canopied tombs in England, and what they tell us about the family that held the port's offices.
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A Church Too Large for Its Town
The scale of the intended building against the population that ever actually arrived — the clearest single measure of the plan's optimism.
