J Philip Mcaleer

Biographic Data

ID1111713
NAMEJ Philip Mcaleer
GIVEN NAMESJ Philip
FAMILY NAMEMcaleer
SIGNATUREMCALEER J P
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS14
TOTAL CITATIONS3
AUTHOR COUNT14
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1987
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
H-INDEX1

  • A History of Ely Cathedral . Peter Meadows , Nigel Ramsay

    J Philip Mcaleer, John McaleerARTICLESpeculum2006

  • Property and Piety in Early Medieval Winchester

    J Philip Mcaleer, John McaleerARTICLESpeculum2005

  • Surviving Medieval Free-standing Bell Towers at Parish Churches in England and Wales

    J Philip Mcaleer, John McaleerARTICLEJournal of the British…2003

    Between the Conquest and the Dissolution, at least seven cathedrals and eight abbeys constucted free-standing bell towers. This phenomenon, however, was not limited to major establishments for, during the same period, free-standing towers were raised at a number of parish churches—at least thirty survive. This is a phenomenon without parallel on the Continent where, except for Italy, even very few major churches have detached bell towers. The maj…

  • Surviving Medieval Free-standing Bell Towers at Parish Churches in England and Wales

    J Philip Mcaleer, John McaleerARTICLEJournal of the British…2003

    Between the Conquest and the Dissolution, at least seven cathedrals and eight abbeys constucted free-standing bell towers. This phenomenon, however, was not limited to major establishments for, during the same period, free-standing towers were raised at a number of parish churches—at least thirty survive. This is a phenomenon without parallel on the Continent where, except for Italy, even very few major churches have detached bell towers. The maj…

  • The Tradition of Detached Bell Towers at Cathedral and Monastic Churches in Medieval England and Scotland (1066–1539)

    J Philip Mcaleer, John McaleerARTICLEJournal of the British…2001

    Although it is generally well-known that a number of cathedrals and major abbeys in medieval England especially had detached bell towers, the towers themselves have never been considered as a group. Nor has a ‘complete’ listing been attempted. Their existence is difficult to explain because the majority of these buildings also had central towers and some had western towers. No doubt because so many of the detached towers have been destroyed, they…

  • The Tradition of Detached Bell Towers at Cathedral and Monastic Churches in Medieval England and Scotland (1066–1539)

    J Philip Mcaleer, John McaleerARTICLEJournal of the British…2001

    Although it is generally well-known that a number of cathedrals and major abbeys in medieval England especially had detached bell towers, the towers themselves have never been considered as a group. Nor has a ‘complete’ listing been attempted. Their existence is difficult to explain because the majority of these buildings also had central towers and some had western towers. No doubt because so many of the detached towers have been destroyed, they…

  • The North Portal of Durham Cathedral and the Problem of ‘Sanctuary’ in Medieval Britain

    Open AccessJ Philip Mcaleer, John McaleerARTICLEThe Antiquaries Journal2001Cited by: 1References: 21

    A small room (which has since been destroyed) located over the north portal of Durham Cathedral has been explained as a watching-room for fugitives fleeing to seek sanctuary at the cathedral that housed the shrine of one of England's pre-eminent saints, Cuthbert. The source behind this identification is an account of the customs of Durham written only c 1593. There is no earlier documentary evidence indicating a function for this room. An examina…

  • The So-Called Gundulf's Tower at Rochester Cathedral. A Reconsideration of its History, Date and Function

    Open AccessJ Philip Mcaleer, John McaleerARTICLEThe Antiquaries Journal1998References: 20

    Since the early eighteenth century, on the basis of no particular evidence, the tower standing uncomfortably close to the north choir aisle at Rochester has been attributed to Bishop Gundulf, the builder of the first Romanesque cathedral church begun c. 1080. Recently, it has been suggested that the tower dates to the mid-twelfth century and was erected as a bell tower. This paper assembles the documented history of the tower, speculates about it…

  • L. N. Cottingham's Central Tower for Rochester Cathedral

    J Philip Mcaleer, John McaleerARTICLEArchaeological Journal1997References: 1

    In a recent paper in this journal, the crossing tower built at Rochester Cathedral in the early nineteenth century by L. N. Cottingham was identified as constituting an essay in the Perpendicular style and, furthermore, one based on elements from the medieval tower which it replaced. This paper identifies the style of the tower as Decorated and suggests that Cottingham's design was a specific response to context, one more strongly motivated by st…

  • Towards an architectural history of Kilwinning Abbey

    J Philip Mcaleer, John McaleerARTICLEProceedings of the Society of…1996

    An attempt to chronicle the Tironensian Abbey's construction -- particularly that of the church. `Appendix 1: the area between the south gable and the chapter-house' (864--6), and `Appendix 2: the south-west stair turret of the transept' (866--8) conclude proceedings

  • Encore Lindisfarne Priory and the Problem of its Nave Vaults

    Open AccessJ Philip Mcaleer, John McaleerARTICLEThe Antiquaries Journal1994Cited by: 2References: 25

    An examination of at least six views of Lindisfarne Priory dating from the late eighteenth century, at which time most of the nave was still standing, led to the surprising conclusion in an earlier study that the nave was covered by groin vaults. Because of the unequivocal evidence of ribbed vaults in the choir, transept arms and crossing, as well as in the nave aisles, it would be expected that the form of the nave vault was the same. Since the …

  • Particularly English? Screen Façades of the type of Salisbury and Wells Cathedrals

    J Philip Mcaleer, John McaleerARTICLEJournal of the British…1988

    Two of the best-known façades dating from the English Gothic periods, those of the cathedrals of Salisbury and Wells, are in the shape of broad rectangles covered by rows of arcading. Both are wider than the naves behind them, and both western walls hide the differences in height between the naves and lower side aisles. Hence their designation as ‘screen’ façades. At Salisbury, the more modest of the two, the rectangular field is laterally define…

  • The Ethelbert Tower of St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury

    J Philip Mcaleer, John McaleerARTICLEJournal of the British…1987

    The great Romanesque church of the abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, was begun shortly after 1070 and was probably substantially complete by the end of the century. Now almost totally destroyed, its west façade was an imposing one with two great towers. One of these, the so-called Ethelbert Tower, survived the general destruction following the Dissolution mostly intact. Its gradual decay, collapse, and final demolition in 1822 is recorded in a s…

  • A unique facade in Great Britain

    J Philip Mcaleer, John McaleerARTICLEProceedings of the Society of…1987

    The early Gothic façade of Holyrood Abbey was originally distinguished by two large towers. Although many large churches built in the British Isles during the previous (12th) century had two western towers, they were generally built over the westernmost bays of the nave aisles. In the case of a few buildings dating to the later 12th and early 13th centuries, the towers flanked the last bays of the aisles, thereby creating a wide 'screen' fagade. …