St. John's Church, Escombe, Durham

First view of the south side of Escombe Church after entering it's precinct. Note the presence of the later long, pointed top windows as well as the small sized stones below the roof line, which were put in, when it was re-roofed in Victorian times. However, the lower parts of the wall show the presence of large stone blocks, reused from a Roman site, See an example below of the scored surface of typical Roman structural element prepared for plastering.

Typical surface of a building stone , with it's cross-hatched scoring, sourced from a Roman building

The West end of the church.

Detail of structure of the above corner, showing the long and short work present.

Foundations of missing section, from the western end of the Apse.
The window marks the arched doorway into this missing section.

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The West end of the church., showing the roof lines of the now missing extension
and the presence of a small, monolithic window up near the apex.

Close up of west end, showing small window and Victorian added bell,
who possibly added the window as well, or made it taller, as it rests on the
truncated top of the previous roof lines. It is also surrounded by the
smaller stones, as used in the restoration.

Rear, view of south wall of the church, taken from the other side of the boundary wall
visible in the fore ground.

ex-Roman, northern door, with pre-shaped lintel
visible in the previous photo.

Small window, just above of the porch

Small window, just to right of centre of South wall.

Escombe's Saxon sundial

Showing the current position of the sundial.

Now to move inside!

The chancel arch, made from reclaimed Roman material with a distant view of the cross above the altar,

Remains of painted decoration on the under side of the chancel arch.

Dedication cross found on the north wall of the church.

The late Saxon cross above the altar.