# Portal \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MEDIEVAL SCULPTOR, English]() - Date: 1151-1200 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary The English late Romanesque period runs roughly concurrently with the reigns of three kings, Stephen \(1135-54\), Henry II \(1154-89\) and Richard the Lion-Heart \(1189-99\), though the Gothic style arrived in England during the reign of Henry II with the building of the Temple Church in London around 1160. No large scale buildings were erected during the late Romanesque. The period was spent adding decorative features to the larger churches that had already been started and in building a few small treasures. A prime example of the late Romanesque delight in ornamentation is the portal of the small church in Barfreston, Kent. ## Related artworks - [Capital in the crypt]() - [Capital in the crypt]() - [Capital]() - [Capitals]() - [Censing Angel]() - [Centaur Fighting a Dragon]() - [Console figure]() - [Coronation of the Virgin]() - [Effigy of a Knight]() - [Effigy of Edward III \(detail\)]() - [Effigy of Henry III]() - [Foliage capitals]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()