@stonerdoom3481 I know … how good is it. I live at the end of the earth in Australia 🙃 so I’m loving going back to the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries! 👋. So amazing that the buildings are still standing. 🦘 (It’s also a break from Wax and Harsh and the Jay Slater mystery). I saw anoth red of your comments. I’ve climbed the Glastonbury Tor but sadly haven’t done Glastonbury yet. That would be hectic working there… but at least you don’t have to buy tickets. 🤘
@@Royalty12345thank you for the kind reply,we have some fantastic extremely old buildings here in the uk.i love history always have,I recently traced my ancestry back to 1407 to a knighted sir no less.but unfortunately he lost his fortune through bad deals and gambling.i do get admission to the festival but working festival security for twelve hours or more,all I want to do after shift is get some food and then sleep ready for the next shift.
@Royalty12345 thank you for the kind reply.here in the uk we have lots of fantastic extremely old buildings,I love history and always have.just recently iv been tracing my ancestry and gone back as far as 1407 to a knighted sir no less,until he lost his fortune through bad dealings and gambling.i do get free admission to Glastonbury festival but after working twelve or more hours working security after shift all I want to do is have some food and get some much needed sleep ready for the next shift.
Your videos are delightful, to say the least, the sites you pick, the background music, your voice and narration, the well-researched information, the length of your videos - all perfect! Thank you, and do keep them coming! 🎉
Visited the church just yesterday on a walk from Ongar to Loughton, thanks to your Insta reel. Lived in Essex for decades and visited many a beautiful church, but somehow this one escaped me, so thanks again!
When I consider that it survived wars, the dangers of fire, and the ravages of time, I say it's simply amazing! Cozy and serene inside, too. I'd feel right at home attending church there.
This was very calming to watch. What a beautiful church. I live in Northern Ireland where most of the ancient churches and Abbeys are ruins, so it is nice to see a church that old that is maintained like that and is still in use.
@@lady_of_the_mercians Sitting in Sydney at a restaurant having a bowl of chips and a Bellini. Just found your channel yesterday by seeing a ‘short’ video on utube and subscribed immediately! 🥇. Love your work 🤘⭐️💯
@@lady_of_the_mercians You deserve it.. A silver playbutton unboxing video/livestream? & as I said in a previous comment more actual videos not shorts and you should have some more pennies for travel etc.. Maybe you could get a little drone.. A older map showing where you are at the beginning, then a view of the whole building/place would give more context. I liked the woodland view.. though try to make the camera float level (like a steady cam) as you walk with knees slightly bent.. a bit difficult to explain but easy to master.. after years of practice I can walk backwards, though check your path first and lift your feet to stop the possibility of tripping.. also is there a setting on your camera to stabilise. 🐾🐾🐾 🐈 💖
I've been to Greensted Church two or three times. It is absolutely beautiful and so quaint. The act it is still a parish church, which is so important in keeping it in great condition and ensuring its survival for the future. There is a small churchyard around the church with a few Crusader gravestones and effigies. It's so interesting and a true Essex historical treasure.
Really enjoyed this video history lesson. Who knew that an actual wood building from 1060 could have survived through the extraordinary English history. Just think of all the dangers this church could've faced and had to overcome to make it this far just boggles the mind. ❤ it, great work.😊
OST Saxon (wooden) church-buildings were torn down by the Normans, who didn’t want Saxon-anything used as a place of rebellion or opposition to their rule. A pity. And the Victorians, with their rigidly fixed ideas of what a church-building should be (inside and out) did great destruction too. This building is remarkable, but disappointing inside with its terrible Victorian furnishings and furniture.
@shoot4777 Greetings from Australia 🦘…. I’ve just subscribed to this awesome channel and yes it would be amazing doing a tour of the sites. If you are able, Durham Cathedral Is outstanding as well. I was absolutely blown away to see St. Cuthbert’s 634-687 AD and the Venerable Bede’s 672/3-735 AD tombs!!! One of the highlights of my life! 🤘
Thank you for this, your voice is so wonderful to listen to (and this is coming from someone who has worked 12+ years across a plethora of feature films and television programs in the sound dept, and listened to a lot of voices!) You clearly poses a true passion for the subject and a natural flair for presenting, keep it up, you’re doing amazing.
She doesn't have (thank the gods!!) the deadful "vocal fry" of American women. They speak like a Marlborough cowboy who would smoke 4 packets a day ! Absolutely dreadful. I guess they find it cool or they want to sound like men, I don't know...
Such a great watch. You have an obvious ability to 'connect' imaginatively to ancient English buildings. For us viewers, you bring that connection alive for us. So, thanks!
I feel blessed to live in a world where RUclips exists, as well as such a wonderful person and amazing content. Lady of the Mercians appeared on my youtube a few days ago as well as a young fellow named Tom Ayling who posts about old books, and I have been binge watching the two of them. 😊
@@garryferrington811 Not really. Much of the Quran predates Mohammed (you can look that up) He was a plagiarist as well as a pedophile and war criminal.
Your voice is so soothing it’s ASMR for me. So much better than an over the top dramatic narration, happy to have subscribed and will follow your channels journey. Good luck :)
I am from Namibia in Africa. I have even been to Stratford upon Avon to see Shakespeare era architecture but this ol church takes the cake! Thanks for this bit of history. Me, as a Spirit filled, Christ loving person, values history that makes sense like this one does. Funny how it is the only wooden building to survive. They must have loved to congregate and preserve their heritage till recently for it to stand the revages of man and time combined!
I don't know what you did to worm your way into my feed, but I'm glad it happened. I've been studying Art History and have been wanting to find a way to educate the general population without just pushing museums. Finding local history as amazing as this will be difficult in the US given our short history, but watching this has given me a confidence boost to go out and find some hidden gems in the small towns around me. Keep up the great work!
I'm sure there are plenty of interesting nooks and crannies in the USA that get little attention, especially from those in far away States and Europe. There's plenty of folks who look back here to learn about where their people came from yet theres very little to stoke the interest of where relatives went to beyond living the American Dream. Big niche right there. Good luck.
Your videos and reels remind me of when my grandfather used to read me stories of knights and damsels aloud before bedtime. They fill me with a sense of childlike wonder.
to this church a few times. Beautiful building, glad ive stumbled across your channel, think ive found my new favourite youtuber, keep up the quality work
Thanks for this video. I was in England three times and visited many churches. I do not think that I was in this one. Possibly one day I shall return. I do remember going to some old churches in Devon and Dorset.
Greensted Church was believed to have been the first and long term burial place of Saint Edmund, who was murdered in or near Epping Forest. King Edmund was taken to the nearby Greensted Church and buried there until the new burial place for him was finished and ready at the town that henceforth came to be called Bury Saint Edmunds.
such a captivating topic. Amazing that such a structure is still around, and what it's taken for that to happen. Especially love the mention of wood as an organic and "living" material! This definitely deserved a long form video 😊
I'm glad YT recommended your channel. This is very interesting. I live in Texas, and I love the missions here in south Texas, and the old forts in west Texas, but all are 300 years old at most. I've never been overseas. It would be great to visit some of these extremely old places you cover. Great channel!
I love your channel. I love hearing about the different ages seen in the architecture of just one building or place. I can’t wait to explore more of Britain, I will go to these places and soak up the history. Thank you! ❤
Congratulations for deciding to approach Greenstead church from the old track. This makes the wooden church more connected to the countryside to which it belongs.
Early Christian missionary likely used the Essex Way moving inland. The spring - now on the other side of the road and the rise in ground above what might have been a small settlement made the location appropriate. Oaks must have been plentiful nearby. Wooden dowels remain present in covered hidden holes.
Very beautiful. It is a fascinating example of craftmanship and "engineering" evolution in history: every age gave its contribution to the...growth of this church. I am from Italy, i saw many medieval buldings in my cuontry, but no one wooden- made.
It is amazing how many old churches still remain in this country from all the wars it has had . Also from Henry VIII burning down catholic churches too the ones that never got burnt down still standing to this day . Congratulations on 100K Subscribers .
Just found your channel. You are a brilliant presenter with nice clear diction-Very interesting video. Have just subscribed. Keep up the excellent work.
I've been looking at your videos to help me decide what I want to see on my next trip to the UK. I'm only sad that I'll never be able to visit them all!
@@lady_of_the_mercians I'm thinking I want to stay partly in London, and partly in Yorkshire. The other times I've gone, I was visiting friends and never really saw what I wanted to see. Thanks for your channel, keep up the good work. I'll be looking for things I can do as day trips :)
I used to work in construction (modern ones). Would it be too presumptuous of me to propose that those rough axe marks on the wood panelings are done by the later renovators, not by the original craftsman, in order to ‘rough-up’ the wood so that the white-wash plaster would better adhere to the wood. Then later when the plaster was removed during the Victorian time, the wood worker tried to smoothen it up a bit, but were also afraid to take too much wood away since the damage is too deep. I knew early medieval wood-wrights have planes and early sand form of sand-paper like shark’s skin since these are found in Roman sites in Britain. I can’t imagine a well trained craftsman to leave them less polished. Then again it could be just an old Anglo-Saxon choice aesthetics. Their own brand of ‘Wabi-Sabi’. Just a theory.
The algorithm has been kind to me with this recommendation.
The algorithm loves history ❤️
COULDN'T concur more m8😎👍🏻
Same! And all the shorts, loving this lil dose of history with some fitting music. Keep it up! ❤
The algorithm did me a favor for once with this channel
Yes. Every time the algorithm has made an odd suggestion, it always ends up being a winner.
At last,finally a youtube channel algorithm for historic buildings,thats my evening sorted.
@stonerdoom3481 I know … how good is it. I live at the end of the earth in Australia 🙃 so I’m loving going back to the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries! 👋. So amazing that the buildings are still standing. 🦘 (It’s also a break from Wax and Harsh and the Jay Slater mystery). I saw anoth red of your comments. I’ve climbed the Glastonbury Tor but sadly haven’t done Glastonbury yet. That would be hectic working there… but at least you don’t have to buy tickets. 🤘
@@Royalty12345thank you for the kind reply,we have some fantastic extremely old buildings here in the uk.i love history always have,I recently traced my ancestry back to 1407 to a knighted sir no less.but unfortunately he lost his fortune through bad deals and gambling.i do get admission to the festival but working festival security for twelve hours or more,all I want to do after shift is get some food and then sleep ready for the next shift.
@Royalty12345 thank you for the kind reply.here in the uk we have lots of fantastic extremely old buildings,I love history and always have.just recently iv been tracing my ancestry and gone back as far as 1407 to a knighted sir no less,until he lost his fortune through bad dealings and gambling.i do get free admission to Glastonbury festival but after working twelve or more hours working security after shift all I want to do is have some food and get some much needed sleep ready for the next shift.
Your videos are delightful, to say the least, the sites you pick, the background music, your voice and narration, the well-researched information, the length of your videos - all perfect! Thank you, and do keep them coming! 🎉
Absolutely Val!
All that timber must make this church a lovely, cosy place to worship in.
And there are still services several times a week!
Okay my mind is completely blown. It's incredible to think that a wooden structure could stay intact that long.
Visited the church just yesterday on a walk from Ongar to Loughton, thanks to your Insta reel. Lived in Essex for decades and visited many a beautiful church, but somehow this one escaped me, so thanks again!
Glad I ‘influenced’ you! Isn’t it lovely? I bought a delicious chutney there
When I consider that it survived wars, the dangers of fire, and the ravages of time, I say it's simply amazing! Cozy and serene inside, too. I'd feel right at home attending church there.
It’s extraordinary! 👋
This was very calming to watch. What a beautiful church. I live in Northern Ireland where most of the ancient churches and Abbeys are ruins, so it is nice to see a church that old that is maintained like that and is still in use.
There are so many gorgeous sites in Ireland. When I have a little money saved, I’d love to see some of the abbeys
Your love of history is contagious! Lovely.
I’m glad! Trying to make a positive influence on social media ☺️
Your enthusiasm is infectious and your narration is outstanding, wonderful job!
I got to 2.09 and you failed to tell me where this is. I'm British by the way.
Congratulations on reaching 100K subscribers!
Thank you so much!!!!
@@lady_of_the_mercians Sitting in Sydney at a restaurant having a bowl of chips and a Bellini. Just found your channel yesterday by seeing a ‘short’ video on utube and subscribed immediately! 🥇. Love your work 🤘⭐️💯
@@lady_of_the_mercians
You deserve it..
A silver playbutton unboxing video/livestream?
& as I said in a previous comment more actual videos not shorts and you should have some more pennies for travel etc..
Maybe you could get a little drone..
A older map showing where you are at the beginning, then a view of the whole building/place would give more context.
I liked the woodland view.. though try to make the camera float level (like a steady cam) as you walk with knees slightly bent.. a bit difficult to explain but easy to master.. after years of practice I can walk backwards, though check your path first and lift your feet to stop the possibility of tripping..
also is there a setting on your camera to stabilise.
🐾🐾🐾 🐈 💖
English-blooded American here.. I love these features you do. And, they're just right in length! Appreciate your work
A mesmerizing journey into the past - thank you, kindly.
I've been to Greensted Church two or three times. It is absolutely beautiful and so quaint. The act it is still a parish church, which is so important in keeping it in great condition and ensuring its survival for the future.
There is a small churchyard around the church with a few Crusader gravestones and effigies. It's so interesting and a true Essex historical treasure.
Thank you for this wonderful presentation . 🙏🏻🤔
Amazing. Imagine all the different congregations that have gathered there and the stories that building has lived through
Really enjoyed this video history lesson. Who knew that an actual wood building from 1060 could have survived through the extraordinary English history. Just think of all the dangers this church could've faced and had to overcome to make it this far just boggles the mind. ❤ it, great work.😊
OST Saxon (wooden) church-buildings were torn down by the Normans, who didn’t want Saxon-anything used as a place of rebellion or opposition to their rule. A pity. And the Victorians, with their rigidly fixed ideas of what a church-building should be (inside and out) did great destruction too. This building is remarkable, but disappointing inside with its terrible Victorian furnishings and furniture.
What a beautiful church, it must be such an overwhelming feeling of awe being in there.
I love your softly spoken presentation of it, thank you 😊 ❤🙏👌
Greetings from Medellín - Colombia 🇨🇴, love your videos, I hope to visit these beautiful places quite soon, thank you for these amazing vids.😊
Such a long way away! Thank you for watching 🫶
@shoot4777 Greetings from Australia 🦘…. I’ve just subscribed to this awesome channel and yes it would be amazing doing a tour of the sites. If you are able, Durham Cathedral Is outstanding as well. I was absolutely blown away to see St. Cuthbert’s 634-687 AD and the Venerable Bede’s 672/3-735 AD tombs!!! One of the highlights of my life! 🤘
A well crafted video and beautifully narrated.
incredible... thanks Lady of the Mercians ...a Northumbrian
Thanks for the extended version of this post. It is a very unique building, very fortunate it is still standing.
We’re so lucky to still have it around!
Very unique is incorrect. Something is either unique or it isn't. 😊
@erikcourter9967 I agree that it’s a very unique building and fortunate that lady_of_the_mercians has shown us its beauty
Had the pleasure to visit from Australia. Absolutely lovely.
A wonderful, gem of a channel.
Thank you for posting.
i drive past this twice daily. i had no idea. thank you
You should go in! It’s open (and free) most days ❤️
Fascinating! And very well-presented, love your style :)
Glad you liked it! Thank you for watching ☺️
Simple and simply beautiful.
Thank you for this, your voice is so wonderful to listen to (and this is coming from someone who has worked 12+ years across a plethora of feature films and television programs in the sound dept, and listened to a lot of voices!) You clearly poses a true passion for the subject and a natural flair for presenting, keep it up, you’re doing amazing.
Agree with you about the voice ... (30 years in film & tv production - now retired) R (Australia)
She doesn't have (thank the gods!!) the deadful "vocal fry" of American women. They speak like a Marlborough cowboy who would smoke 4 packets a day ! Absolutely dreadful. I guess they find it cool or they want to sound like men, I don't know...
Please do longer videos. I love your channel. Your show is wonderful. 🏰 🗡️ 🛡️
It’s clearly still in use today. Amazing.
Such a great watch. You have an obvious ability to 'connect' imaginatively to ancient English buildings. For us viewers, you bring that connection alive for us. So, thanks!
The adze marks are amazing, it really shows that people made this with care and it still somehow survived.
I feel blessed to live in a world where RUclips exists, as well as such a wonderful person and amazing content. Lady of the Mercians appeared on my youtube a few days ago as well as a young fellow named Tom Ayling who posts about old books, and I have been binge watching the two of them. 😊
I stumbled across your channel recently and I absolutely LOVE it!
Thank you! ☺️
The modifications over time are lovely as well. The whole is a living tribute to the faith of our ancestors to the glory of God.
Allah is great, and Mohammed is His Prophet.
@@garryferrington811 Not really. Much of the Quran predates Mohammed (you can look that up) He was a plagiarist as well as a pedophile and war criminal.
Lovely film. I've visited it twice and it really is a magical little building.
It’s extraordinary to think that churches are still standing, especially made of timber, FROM
c. 1060!!! Thank you for sharing this information 🥇
Your voice is so soothing it’s ASMR for me. So much better than an over the top dramatic narration, happy to have subscribed and will follow your channels journey. Good luck :)
Very cool subject and presentation!
Greetings from Kentucky, USA!
Delightful. I can almost smell the interior. Thank you.
Yes, it has a lovely smell to it!
Greetings and thanks from Poland 🥰
Thank you for watching ! :)
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Your voice, lady... so soothing.😮
Thank you..
I love your content, the format and your soothing voice.
My best regards, lady Aethelflaed!
Lovely presentation, the right length and relaxing. Beautiful voice too.
Just subscribed, thank you for entertaining me before I go to sleep. Everything you present is fascinating. I can’t stop watching 😊
I am from Namibia in Africa. I have even been to Stratford upon Avon to see Shakespeare era architecture but this ol church takes the cake! Thanks for this bit of history. Me, as a Spirit filled, Christ loving person, values history that makes sense like this one does. Funny how it is the only wooden building to survive. They must have loved to congregate and preserve their heritage till recently for it to stand the revages of man and time combined!
Thank you Charlotte. I'm glad to have found your channel.
You had me at Hi, and Oldest Church in the world!
I don't know what you did to worm your way into my feed, but I'm glad it happened. I've been studying Art History and have been wanting to find a way to educate the general population without just pushing museums. Finding local history as amazing as this will be difficult in the US given our short history, but watching this has given me a confidence boost to go out and find some hidden gems in the small towns around me. Keep up the great work!
I'm sure there are plenty of interesting nooks and crannies in the USA that get little attention, especially from those in far away States and Europe. There's plenty of folks who look back here to learn about where their people came from yet theres very little to stoke the interest of where relatives went to beyond living the American Dream. Big niche right there. Good luck.
Phwarrrr! What a church! Love your nerdy videos. My cup of tea!
I love your videos, but this has been my favourite so far. Keep up the good work!
I'm adding all these sites to my visit list. 😃
You should go on a tour of all the Anglo-Saxon sites!
@@lady_of_the_mercians True, which do you most recommend?
I just discovered your channel and I love it!
A remarkable amount of important information is in this compact presentation!
Your videos and reels remind me of when my grandfather used to read me stories of knights and damsels aloud before bedtime. They fill me with a sense of childlike wonder.
I’m glad! That’s the exact feeling I hope to inspire 😊
Wonderful. I can’t wait to see more from you!❤
Loving the long form content as well as all the shorts. Thanks for the great videos!
Love your style! great video, and very informative. I hope the youtube algorithm continues to boost your viewership!
Your videos are terrific!
AAAAA this is perfect inspiration for the story I'm working on which is set in 11th-century England!!! your videos are absolute gems 🥹
Glad it helped! I hope further research into the site continues to inspire 😉
@@lady_of_the_mercians It definitely will!! Thank you so much :D
Such a great survivor 🌳... People really cared for little gem❤
Love these longer videos. Great job as always, looking forward to the next one!
Thank you for a very interesting video.
Brilliant!
It is a fantastic site, isn't it?
to this church a few times. Beautiful building, glad ive stumbled across your channel, think ive found my new favourite youtuber, keep up the quality work
Thanks for this video. I was in England three times and visited many churches. I do not think that I was in this one. Possibly one day I shall return. I do remember going to some old churches in Devon and Dorset.
every upload on this channel uplifts my day
Wonderful! Have been meaning to visit this church for ages. You've inspired me to do it. Thank you and subscribed.
Greensted Church was believed to have been the first and long term burial place of Saint Edmund, who was murdered in or near Epping Forest. King Edmund was taken to the nearby Greensted Church and buried there until the new burial place for him was finished and ready at the town that henceforth came to be called Bury Saint Edmunds.
such a captivating topic. Amazing that such a structure is still around, and what it's taken for that to happen.
Especially love the mention of wood as an organic and "living" material! This definitely deserved a long form video 😊
Another fantastic video 👏
Thank youuuu (if anyone’s reading this, let this be a recommendation that you should follow this legend 😉)
@@lady_of_the_mercians you are too kind!!🤭🤭
I'm glad YT recommended your channel. This is very interesting. I live in Texas, and I love the missions here in south Texas, and the old forts in west Texas, but all are 300 years old at most. I've never been overseas. It would be great to visit some of these extremely old places you cover. Great channel!
I love your channel. I love hearing about the different ages seen in the architecture of just one building or place. I can’t wait to explore more of Britain, I will go to these places and soak up the history. Thank you! ❤
Interesting as always …..would have never thought Essex had the oldest wooden church!
It’s a very interesting area of the country! Lots of old architecture
Bravo from Sherwood
Hope to visit it.
It’s definitely worth the trip 😊
So glad i saw this now relaxed, thank you 😊
Thank you for a beautiful and fascinating video, Lady of the Mercians... from a Gentleman of Wessex.
fascinating. thanks for sharing this incredible history.
Congrats on 100k subs!
Thank you!
You are doing wonders for people's interest in medieval history, we should be the ones thanking you, a great video as always
Incredible, that any building that old would still be preserved.
Excellent! Very pleased to have found you; have a sub!
I first learned about this and visited it just last week.
What a fantastic RUclips channel! 👍
Excellent video as always. Very informative, keep up the good work.
That is gorgeous 🎉
I love stuff like this! Your channel is so lovely.
Congratulations for deciding to approach Greenstead church from the old track. This makes the wooden church more connected to the countryside to which it belongs.
Walking the Essex way was the best part!
Early Christian missionary likely used the Essex Way moving inland. The spring - now on the other side of the road and the rise in ground above what might have been a small settlement made the location appropriate. Oaks must have been plentiful nearby. Wooden dowels remain present in covered hidden holes.
New subscriber
Love this channel. We used to live in Somerset, Bristol, now Melrose. Love travelling all over the UK. Best place in the world for me
Man! this felt so soothing to watch. Thank you;)
I'm glad you enjoyed it! :)
I can see my house from here! such a cool church.
It’s a lovely part of the country!
Very beautiful. It is a fascinating example of craftmanship and "engineering" evolution in history: every age gave its contribution to the...growth of this church. I am from Italy, i saw many medieval buldings in my cuontry, but no one wooden- made.
It is amazing how many old churches still remain in this country from all the wars it has had . Also from Henry VIII burning down catholic churches too the ones that never got burnt down still standing to this day . Congratulations on 100K Subscribers .
The oldest churches are sometimes ones like this, too remote and small to be of significance during these moments of history!
All churches in England were Catholic and Henry didn't burn them down.
Just found your channel. You are a brilliant presenter with nice clear diction-Very interesting video. Have just subscribed. Keep up the excellent work.
just noticed you hit 100k, congrats!
Thank you! It’s honestly unbelievable
@@lady_of_the_mercians Definitely gotta show off that play button when you receive it.
Wow I love it 👍
Beautiful. Thank you for broadcasting. Greetings from St Oswald's.
Thank you for watching!
I've been looking at your videos to help me decide what I want to see on my next trip to the UK. I'm only sad that I'll never be able to visit them all!
It would be quite a trip if you tried - but you can do most of them as day trips on public transport from London or Bristol!
@@lady_of_the_mercians I'm thinking I want to stay partly in London, and partly in Yorkshire. The other times I've gone, I was visiting friends and never really saw what I wanted to see. Thanks for your channel, keep up the good work. I'll be looking for things I can do as day trips :)
I used to work in construction (modern ones). Would it be too presumptuous of me to propose that those rough axe marks on the wood panelings are done by the later renovators, not by the original craftsman, in order to ‘rough-up’ the wood so that the white-wash plaster would better adhere to the wood. Then later when the plaster was removed during the Victorian time, the wood worker tried to smoothen it up a bit, but were also afraid to take too much wood away since the damage is too deep.
I knew early medieval wood-wrights have planes and early sand form of sand-paper like shark’s skin since these are found in Roman sites in Britain. I can’t imagine a well trained craftsman to leave them less polished.
Then again it could be just an old Anglo-Saxon choice aesthetics. Their own brand of ‘Wabi-Sabi’. Just a theory.