1. Candida Casa, now in Galloway, was perhaps the first stone church in Britain, and the first stone building of the Picts. Built in 397, it was a small chapel built by St Ninian. Some fragments of the original church may remain within the 12th century priory built on the site, now also ruined. It is said to have become known as the Candida Casa because: It was whitewashed Its walls were built of white stone It was plastered It was a place of truth

2. The first St Piran church in old Newquay was built between 500 and 700 AD and discovered in the nineteenth century. What had led to its abandonment? Inundation by sand Partial collapse Decline of Christianity No apparent reason

3. Ripon Cathedral was probably only the second post-Roman stone building in the north of England, after the first York Minster. Which part of the original cathedral survives? Tower Crypt Nave Porch

4. A church was built at Escomb, in County Durham - then in the kingdom of Northumbria - in about 680, and remains intact. What are typical features of Northumbrian churches? Tower form with no nave Chambered, aisle-less naves, apsidal chapel at east end Tall naves, no side chambers, rectangular chancels Aisled nave with small, plain chancel

5. All Saints’ Church, at Brixworth in Northamptonshire, may have been built as early as 675. What unusual feature can be seen here? Ring crypt Round stair turret Remains of porticus (side chapels) All of these

6. St Wystan’s Church is in Repton, Derbyshire. Its crypt was built in about 750, to house the tombs of the rulers of which kingdom? Mercia Sussex Wessex Northumbria

7. At Deerhurst, now in Gloucestershire, two Saxon churches survive: a tiny chapel and what was originally the main church of the sub-kingdom of the Hwicce, the nearest thing to a surviving Saxon cathedral. In the church are the most opulent Saxon windows surviving. What characteristically Saxon shape are they? Cruciform Arch Triangular Rectangular

8. The nave of Greensted Church, in Essex, built in about 1013, is a remarkable survival. What material is it constructed from? Turf Brick Wood Stone

9. At Stow, Linconshire, is perhaps the grandest surviving Saxon church. Rebuilt in about 1040, it represents the first appearance in Britain of a central crossing with a tower above. This is a new form of Romanesque architecture, pioneered on the European mainland by Charlemagne and known as: Carolingian Merovingian Ottonian Byzantine

10. Many churches have Saxon towers, but only Sompting Church, in Sussex, boasts a Saxon spire. Built between 1040 and 1060, each wall of the church’s tower rises as a gable, and a spire rises from them. How is this form known? Sussex tower Sompting spire Rhenish helm Wessex helmet