A CHURCH DOCUMENTATION CHECKLIST

GENERAL INFORMATION
Location: Province ____________________Town_________________Barangay________________
Type of Structure: Cathedral _____________Parish Church__________Monastic Church____________
Cemetery Chapel_____________Visita__________
Titular/s:

II. EXTERIOR

A. Location of structure in relation to locality:

Benchmark (if any), location and inscriptions:

B. Churchyard
1. Wall
2. Via Crucis
3. Pavement
4. Fortifications
5. Cross
6. Capilla Posa
7. Centenarian Trees

C. Floor Plan Type

D. Façade
1. Material
2. No. of Levels
3. No. of Entrances
4. Niches
5. Ornamentation
6. Santos
7. Pediment
8. Compass Orientation
9. Seals/Inscriptions
10. Historical Marker/s (Include Institution and Year)
11. Renovations (cement overlay, shed over entrance, etc.)

E. Lateral Wall (Left) F. Lateral Wall (Right)

Material
Side Entrance
Niches
Santos
Pediment
Windows
Buttresses
Tombs
Seals/Inscriptions
Renovations
G. Transept (Left) H. Transept (Right)
Material
Windows
Buttresses
Tombs
Niches/Santos
 Entrances
Seals/Inscriptions
Ornamentation
Renovations
I. Apse
1. Material
2. Windwos
3. Buttresses
4. Tombs
5. Niches/Santos
6. Ornamentation
7. Renovations
J. Dome
1. Material
2. No. of Sides
3. Openings
4. Lantern
5. Cross
6. Lightning Rod
7. Statuary
K. Roof
Material
L. Belltower
1. Material
2. Location in relation to church
3. No. of Levels
4. No. of Sides
5. Openings and locations
6. Ornamentation
7. Cupula
8. Weather vane
9. Cross
10. Clock
11. Seals/Inscription
12. Renovations
M. Convento
1. Location in Relation to Church
2. First Floor
a. Material
b. Arcade
3. Second Floor
a. Material
4. Present Status (residence, school, other)
5. Renovations
N. Any Other Related Structure
(Cemetery, arch, etc.. within the church compound)

III. INTERIOR

A. Nave
1. Side Aisles
2. Pavement
3. Holy water font/s
 4. Via Crucis
5. Other paintings/relieves
6. Wall painting/décor
7. Windows
a. Curtain rods
8. Church benches
9. Confessionals
10. Chandeliers
a. Chandelier bases
11. Statuary
12. Tombstones
13. Carosa
14. Andas
B. Baptistry
1. Location
2. Pavement
3. Retablo
4. Statuary
5. Baptismal font
6. Lighting
7. Wall painting/décor
8. Holy Water Jar (tapayan)
9. Other furnishings
10. Current status
(still in use/storeroom/other)
C. Left Side Altar/Transept D. Right Side Altar/Transept
Retablo
Steps behind altar
Statuary
Wall painting/Décor
Pavement/Platform
Altar Table/Frontal
Gradas/Gradillas
Lamps/Candlesticks
Ramilletes/Other décor
F. Sanctuary
1. Arco toral
a. Spandrels
2. Pavement
a. Tombstones
3. Inner Dome
a. Gallery
b. Pendentives
c. Statuary/Relieves/Décor
4. Pulpit
a. Location
b. Soundboard
c. Staircase
5. Sanctuary Lamp
a. Location
6. Lighting Devices and Locations
7. Tribuna
8. Communion Rail
9. Retablo
a. Stairway behind altar
b. Camarin
c. Statuary
d. Relieves
e. Paintings
f. Other retablo fittings
g. Tabernacle
h. Gradas
i. Altar table
j. Platform
k. Frontal
l. Sacras
m. Ramilletes
n. Missal Lectern
o. Altar Linens
p. Portapaz
q. Alms Plate