The Saxon Church, Saxon Green © DCC 21.10.2009


The Saxon Church, Saxon Green © DCC 21.10.2009


The Saxon Church, Saxon Green © DCC 21.10.2009


Oblique view of front of Saxon Church, Saxon Green, Escomb July 2016


Sign associated with Saxon Church, Saxon Green, Escomb July 2016


Oblique view of windows on front of Saxon Church, Saxon Green, Escomb July 2016


Roof of Saxon Church, Saxon Green, Escomb July 2016


Oblique view of right external wall of Saxon Church, Saxon Green, Escomb July 2016


Oblique view of left external wall of Saxon Church, Saxon Green, Escomb July 2016


Oblique view of back and right external walls of Saxon Church, Saxon Green, Escomb July 2016


Oblique view of back and left external walls of Saxon Church, Saxon Green, Escomb July 2016


Second oblique view of left external wall of Saxon Church, Saxon Green, Escomb July 2016

A seventh century parish church in the centre of Escomb, with a fourteenth century porch and some thirteenth and nineteenth century windows. It is an almost complete Saxon church of circa 600-800 A.D. 'The church is built of squared and coursed rubble and consists of a chancel circa ten feet square and a nave 43 feet 6 inches by 14 feet 6 inches. The windows are either square or round-headed. The chancel arch is tall, narrow and round-headed. The church was restored by RJ Johnson between 1875 and 1880, and again in 1965, by Sir Albert Richardson.

An Anglo-Saxon church dating from the time of Bede, circa 700 AD. It is built of reused Roman masonry, incorporating fragments of Anglo-Saxon crosses and a sundial. 7th century with 14th century porch and some 13th and 19th century windows. Eaves raised at unknown date. Restored 1875-80 by RJ Johnson and 1965 by Sir Albert Richardson. 2-cell plan of chancel and nave with south porch. Archaeological excavation in 1968 revealed sites of west annexe and of north porticus to chancel. The church may possibly be built on the site of a Roman building with a hypocaust, possibly a villa.