Building model churches on computers

Brian Farrimond

Ella Pereira

(Edge Hill University)

Churches

• Places where Christians worship God

• Some in this country are over 1000 years old

Examples of churches

Inside a church

Chancel(where the

altar is)

Nave (where the people sit

on benches)

Inside a church

Chancel(where the

altar is)

Nave (where the people sit

on benches)

Examples of churches

Examples of churchesTower (where

the bells hang)

Porch (fancy door

into the church)

Buttresses (supports

for the walls)

Examples of churches

West

East

North

South

N

W E

S

The Collegiate Church of the Holy Crossand the Mother of Him who hung thereon – Crediton, Devon

Examples of churchesNave

Transept

Crossing tower

Transept

Chancel

Side aisle

Porch

West

North

East

South

Examples of churches

Nave

Sideaisle

Transept

Crossing tower

St. Lawrence, Ludlow

Examples of churches

Nave

Sideaisle

Transept

Crossing tower

St. Lawrence, Ludlow

Which way is East?

Which way is West?

East West

Examples of churches

Nave(people)

SideaislePorch

Tower(bells)

Chancel(altar)

Can you see

•Nave

•Chancel

•Sideaisle

•Porch

•Tower

•Spire ?

Spire

Examples of churches

Nave(people)

SideaislePorch

Tower(bells)

Chancel(altar)

Which way is:

• East

• West

• South ?

Spire

EastWest

South

Examples of churchesNave

(people)

SideaislePorch

Crossing tower

Chancel(altar)

Can you see

•Nave

•Chancel

•Sideaisle

•Porch

•Crossing tower

•Transept ?Transept

St Mary’s Beverley

Examples of churchesNave

(people)

SideaislePorch

Crossing tower

Chancel(altar)

Which end is

•East

•West ?

Transept

East

West

Examples of churches

Nave(people)

Sideaisle

Crossing tower

Chancel(altar)

Can you see

•Nave

•Chancel

•Crossing tower

•Sideaisle

•Transepts

•West towers Transepts

West towers

Examples of churchesWhich end is

•East

•West ?

East

West

Inside a church

Chancel(where the

altar is)

Nave (where the people sit on

benches)

Sideaisle(extra

benches for

people)

Columns(holding up the

nave wall)

Warming up

exercise

Warming up

exercise

Spire

Crossing tower

Transept

Nave

Porch

Sideaisle

Chancel

Part 2

• Building bigger churches

The Romans

• When people wanted to build bigger churches they looked at what the Romans did.

• Plenty of Roman buildings still lying around for church builders to look at.

Pont du Gard(Roman aqueduct)

The Colosseum in Rome

(Gladiators, Circuses)

Applying Roman building ideas to churches

• Riveaulx Abbey

We can do the same