Building Medieval Churches

Gone Medieval

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🗓️ 14 December 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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What is a perpendicular church? In this episode, Cat is on location! Invited by expert stonemason Andrew Ziminski to a spectacular perpendicular church in Steeple Ashton in Wiltshire, Andrew takes us on a guided tour. From honky punks to secret libraries. We learn all about what makes this perpendicular church unique and stonemasonry as a medieval trade, showing us how Britain's buildings offer unexpected and special insights into our history.

Andrew Ziminski, author of 'The Stonemason: A History of Building Britain', published by John Murray in 2020.

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0:34.7	Hello everyone and welcome to this episode of Gone Medieval by History Hit. I'm Dr Cat
0:39.8	Jarman and today I've left my little DIY recording studio at home because I've been invited
0:45.2	to visit a very special medieval church. It's in a place you've probably never heard of
0:50.8	a small village called Steeple Ashton in Wiltshire, but it's a church that's been
0:55.1	described as one of the finest perpendicular churches in the country. You can get back to
1:00.0	what a perpendicular church is in a moment, but it really is quite extraordinary and it's also
1:06.7	a home to some of my favourite things, a group of medieval hunky punks. If you didn't know what they
1:12.8	are, you will find out very soon. I'm here because I've been invited by expert Stone Mason,
1:18.3	Andrew Zeminsky, not just to learn about the church, but also to find out what a medieval
1:23.6	stone Mason actually did because Andrew is the author of the book The Stone Mason, a history
1:30.6	of building Britain, drawing on his own career or over 30 years working on some of the country's
1:35.7	most incredible historic buildings from Neolithic monoliths and Roman baths to medieval cathedrals
1:42.0	and mills of the industrial revolution. So he's one of the very few people to really know
1:48.8	the ins and outs of buildings like this. So I'm here now today because Andrew is actually working
1:54.9	on this church and he's invited me to see some of the really quite unique aspects of his history.
2:04.2	Right, so here we are, Andrew. Thank you so much for inviting me along. It's really,
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