500 AD To 1000 AD
| Building | Location | Earliest extant structure date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Martin's Church, Canterbury | Canterbury, Kent | 597 | The oldest church building in England, still functioning as a church. St Martin's was the private chapel of Queen Bertha of Kent in the 6th century before Augustine arrived from Rome. |
| Church of St Peter-on-the-Wall | Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex, England | 654 | The Chapel is assumed to be that of "Ythanceaster" (Bede, book III, chapter XXII), originally constructed as an Anglo-Celtic Church for the East Saxons in 654 AD by St Cedd, astride the ruins of the abandoned Roman fort of Othona incorporating the Roman bricks and stones. |
| Escomb Church | Escomb, County Durham, England | 670 | |
| Ripon Cathedral | Ripon, North Yorkshire, England | 672 | Only the Crypt survives at all - the earliest part of Cathedral itself is 1069 |
| Hexham Abbey | Hexham, Northumberland, England | 674 | St. Wilfred's 7th-century crypt survives, built largely out of stones from the Roman city at Corbridge. The main part of the abbey church dates to the 12th and 13th centuries. |
| St Peter's Church | Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, England | 674 | |
| St Paul's Church | Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, England | 680 | The Saxon chancel survives. |
| St Laurence's Church | Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England | 7th century | |
| All Saints Church | Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England | 650-870 | |
| Greensted Church | Greensted, Essex, England | 845 | The oldest wooden building in England |
| St Nicholas' Church, Leicester | Leicester, Leicestershire, England | c. 900 | |
| St Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber | Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire | 9th (baptistery) and 10th centuries | One of the best-known Anglo-Saxon buildings, owing to its role in Thomas Rickman's identification of the style. |
| St Nicholas' Church | Worth, Crawley, England | c. 950 / 1050 | |
| St Mary's Church | Sompting, West Sussex, England | c. 960 | |
| All Saints' Church, Earls Barton | Earls Barton, Northamptonshire | c. 970 | Even though only the tower survives from the original church, this is one of the best examples of later Anglo-Saxon architecture. |
| Stow Minster | Stow, Lincolnshire | 975 | Cathedral church of the ancient Diocese of Lindsey. On site of earlier 7th century building. |
| St Oran's Chapel | Iona, Argyll, Scotland | 12th century | Burial place of Scottish kings until Donald III, incorporates a 12th-century door. |
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