On Monday of this week we discovered (as reported) Gedding Church. In the South wall of this church is the above photographed early Norman window. Although it's been repaired and restored over the centuries it's still a pretty little survival of a twelfth century window. Can't think why I didn't include it at the time?
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~ It looks like an arrow slit that got glazed by mistake ~ has it a chamfered recess on the inside, Mike? ~
You may be right - can't remember it from the inside.
Hello Carl. Further to your question, I've examined some of the other photos that I took that day, and it looks as if the small narrow window does have a widely chamfered recess inside. It also looks as if the small window has been glazed at a rather later date. I would guess that the glazing was done in the fifteenth/sixteenth century, and the window was originally of the 'arrow slit' type. I do think it's a very attractive little window, though, and probably of twelfth/ 13th century origins.
Quite agree with you Mike, its simple structure and (much worn) decoration are a delight to the eye.
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