Burford Church, England: Two Minute Construction Sequence
Channel: Myles Zhang
Date: 2018-01-20

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NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION:
c.1175 – Work begins on the Norman church working from east to west. It is a simple structure with round Norman windows and a choir, nave, and tower.

c.1200 – Demolition to construct a chapel, aisle, and entrance foyer.

c.1250 – Addition of north and south transept. Chancel is expanded.

c.1400 – The crypt is added, and the tower is heightened. The architectural style changes from Norman to Gothic, from round arches to pointed. Local cloth merchants construct a separate guild chapel at a slight angle to the main church.

c.1475 – Guild chapel is demolished to build the Lady Chapel. Most of the remaining nave is demolished to construct two new aisles, a larger west window, and new clerestory windows. Two chapels are added to either side of the choir, as well as a three floor entrance tower (not visible from this angle).

This completes the construction of Burford Church.