Mercian architecture

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf architecture
gptkbp:associatedWith Anglo-Saxon_culture
gptkbp:characterizedBy use of sandstone
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Mercia
gptkbp:features thick walls
decorative stonework
arched windows
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mercian architecture
gptkbp:includes churches
fortifications
monasteries
castles
battlements
tower houses
gptkbp:influenced later_English_architecture
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Roman_architecture
gptkb:Celtic_architecture
Norman architecture
gptkbp:maintainedBy historical sites
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:St._Mary’s_Church,_Lincoln
gptkb:St._Mary’s_Church,_Shrewsbury
gptkb:St._Michael's_Church,_Lichfield
gptkb:St._Mary’s_Church,_Nottingham
gptkb:St._Mary’s_Church,_Stafford
gptkb:Lichfield_Cathedral
gptkb:Worcester_Cathedral
gptkb:St._Mary’s_Church,_Staffordshire
gptkb:Tamworth_Castle
gptkb:St._Mary’s_Church,_Bury_St_Edmunds
gptkb:St._Michael's_Church,_Coventry
gptkb:St._Mary’s_Church,_Wellingborough
gptkb:St._Peter's_Church,_Derby
gptkb:St._Peter's_Church,_Wolverhampton
gptkb:St._Oswald's_Church,_Ashbourne
St._Mary’s_Church,_Hereford
St._Andrew's_Church,_Northampton
St._John_the_Baptist_Church,_Coventry
St._John_the_Baptist_Church,_Halesowen
St._John_the_Baptist_Church,_Leicester
St._John_the_Baptist_Church,_Northampton
St._John_the_Baptist_Church,_Stratford-upon-Avon
St._Lawrence's_Church,_Alvechurch
St._Mary’s_Church,_Chesterfield
St._Mary’s_Church,_Kidderminster
St._Mary’s_Church,_Tamworth
St._Mary’s_Church,_Walsall
St._Michael's_Church,_Tewkesbury
St._Nicholas_Church,_Kenilworth
St._Peter's_Church,_Bromsgrove
St._Peter's_Church,_Droitwich
St._Peter's_Church,_Loughborough
St._Peter's_Church,_Stourbridge
gptkbp:notableFor its historical significance
its craftsmanship
its durability
gptkbp:period Early Medieval period
gptkbp:represents regional identity
gptkbp:research architectural historians
gptkbp:style Romanesque style