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EFFECTIVE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONORAL PRESENTATION (1)
Name: Michael Chang Vui LoongStudent ID : 0319198Course: COM 30103Submission Date: 19/1/2015Topic 2(a)
Contents
Location
Religious Building
Historical Background
Structure & layout
Ornaments
Materials
Location
City: Bath
Country: England
State: United Kingdom
Religious Building
Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Bath Bath Abbey Perpendicular Gothic architecture in the West
Country Congregation members & visitors Religious services, secular civic ceremonies,
concerts and lectures War memorials - wall and floor plaques and
commemorative stained glass Sculptures of angels climbing to heaven on two
stone ladders.
Historical Background
675 - King of the Hwicce - establishment of a convent
Monastery under the patronage of the Bishop of Worcester
That most famous monastery at Bath
The architecture of this first building on the site
Adopt the Rule of Saint Benedict - introduced at Bath
Structure & Layout
Ornaments
Windows
Towers
Bells
Exterior
Interior
Monuments
Main Organ
Continuo Organ
Windows
52 windows
80% of the wall space
The window of the Four Evangelists -memorial to Charles Empson - died in 1861
2010 - Stained glass window –William Burges
Towers
Two-stage central tower - square - oblong
Two bell openings - each side - four polygonal turret pinnacles
161 feet (49 m) high
212 steps
Bells
1700
10
The tenor weighs 33 cwt (3,721 lb or 1,688 kg)
Centre of change ringing –West country
Exterior
The sculptures of angels climb Jacob's Ladder on the west front of Bath Abbey
Interior
Interior fan vaulting ceiling - Robert and William Vertue
Flying buttresses
Pulpit and seating
Reredos
Monuments
Memorial to William Bingham
617 wall memorials and 847 floor stones
Main Organ
63 speaking stops over four manuals and pedals
Continuo Organ
Contained in a case of dark oak
Portable
Can be tuned to three pitches: A=440 Hz (modern concert pitch), A=415 Hz and A=486 Hz.
Materials
Bath stones
Thank you