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  • 1. St Mary, Ashbury, Berkshire, England
    S doorway, arch
    Parish church
    Remains of a 12thc. nave arcade on the aisle side of the present, later arcade indicate that the Romanesque church had aisles. The S doorway also has 12thc. sculpture.
  • 2. St Mark and St Luke, Avington, Berkshire, England
    Architectural details
    Parish church
    Despite later additions, the 12thc. church survives in its entirety, consisting of an aisleless nave with a chancel of the same width but slightly lower. The main areas of interest are the richly-carved S doorway, the chancel arch, the remains of the chancel rib vault, and the font.
  • 3. St Michael, Blewbury, Berkshire, England
    SE crossing pier, NE captial
    Parish church
    Late 12thc. nave and rib-vaulted crossing and chancel, with S nave aisle of similar date. N aisle added 14thc. and S chancel chapel c.1300. Perp. W tower and N and S doorways. 12thc. sculpture is found on the crossing pier capitals and crossing vault supports, on the S arcade capitals and a piscina serving the lost rood-loft altar.
  • 4. St Mary, Buscot, Berkshire, England
    Nave, to E.
    Parish church
    Perpendicular crenellated W tower, aisleless nave and chancel separated by a chancel arch of c.1200, S doorway under a porch. The chancel arch and font are included here.
  • 5. St Michael, Enborne, Berkshire, England
    Nave, S arcade from NE.
    Parish church
    Nave, chancel and N transept. Aisles were added to an earlier nave towards the end of the 12thc., and at the same time the nave was extended one bay to the W. Sculpture is found on the nave capitals and the font.
  • 6. St John the Baptist, Padworth, Berkshire, England
    S doorway, general view
    Parish church
    A complete 12thc. church with a rectangular aisleless nave and apsed chancel and a shingled W bell-turret. The external masonry is covered with pebbledash rendering throughout. High-quality 12thc. sculpture is to be found on the N and S nave doorways (the S doorway protected by a modern porch), and the chancel arch.
  • 7. Reading Museum and Art Gallery, Reading, Berkshire, England
    Capitals on display in Reading Museum, general view
    Museum
    Reading abbey stones
  • 8. St Laurence, Reading, Berkshire, England
    St. Laurence, Reading, groundplan by J. Morris, 1867-1869. Image courtesy of Church Plans Online (Published by the NOF Digitise Architecture England Consortium).
    Parish church
    St Laurence’s is in the centre of Reading, originally standing beween the W gate of the Abbey and the Hospitium of St John. It now faces Friar St with the Town Hall to the N. It consists of a nave with a N aisle only, a chancel with a N chapel and a 16thc. W tower. Construction is of flint. The original church on the site may have been early 12thc., but according to VCH all that remains standing of this is the S nave wall, the lower part of the tower S wall and a window reset in the SW of the nave. The foundation of the Hospitium of St John in 1196 may have acted as a spur to enlarge the church by demolishing the old tower to extend the nave, and at the same time new N and S doorways were added. The S is still in place, and fragments from the N are set in a blocked arch in the N nave aisle. The N aisle itself and the chancel chapel apparently followed in the 13thc. The N arcade was rebuilt in 1522, and the church was repaired and reseated by Joseph Morris of Reading in 1867-69. Late 12thc. sculpture is found on the S nave doorway and in a blocked arch in the N aisle wall, but more interesting are the carved stones from the Reading Abbey site used to construct what must be called a folly in the churchyard NE of the church (see III.4.(i)).
  • 9. St Mary, Sulhamstead Abbots, Berkshire, England
    Interior, general view, looking W.
    Parish church
    Nave with S doorway and bellcote over W end. Narrow N aisle with three-bay arcade of early 13thc. Aisleless 19thc. chancel with 20thc. vestry to N. The chancel is centred on the nave with its aisle, not on the unaisled nave, and not on the fine timber nave roof of 14th–15thc. The chancel arch belongs to the 19thc., and presumably in this period the original chancel was replaced with one shifted to the N. The only feature recorded here is the font.
  • 10. St Mary, Thatcham, Berkshire, England
    Church Plan
    Parish church
    The elaborate and heavily restored (T.Hellyer, 1857) S doorway, evidently moved to its present position when aisles were added to the nave in the 13thc., is all that survives of the 12thc. sculpture.
  • 11. Windsor Castle, Moat Gardens, Berkshire, England
    W outer wall structure, general view.
    Castle gardens
    Carved stones from Reading Abbey have been used to construct two decorative features in the Moat Gardens. Further carved stones are placed on walls and shelves or lie on the ground. A total of 35 stones were recorded.