St Germans Priory is a large Norman church in the village of St Germans in south-east Cornwall, England, UK.
St Germans priory church, St Germans
Interior view
West doorway
The term Norman architecture is used to categorise styles of Romanesque architecture developed by the Normans in the various lands under their dominion or influence in the 11th and 12th centuries. In particular the term is traditionally used for English Romanesque architecture. The Normans introduced large numbers of castles and fortifications including Norman keeps, and at the same time monasteries, abbeys, churches and cathedrals, in a style characterised by the usual Romanesque rounded arches and especially massive proportions compared to other regional variations of the style.
The nave of Durham Cathedral in England
Interior of Monreale Cathedral in Sicily, Italy
St Swithun's, Nately Scures in Hampshire, from the southwest
A Norman arch c. 1150 in Andover, Hampshire