Ornamental Detail, Sheffield Central Library, Sheffield, 19/03/15.

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architecture, astronomy, library, Moon, ornamental detail, Portland stone, Sheffield, Sheffield Central Library, stars, stone carving, sun, telescope

Statue of Eve, West Front, Beverley Minster.

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Abraham, Adam and Eve, Beverley, Beverley Minster, Church architecture, Church of England., Churches, Eve, Old Testament, statues, stone carving, The Bible

Statue of Noah, West Front, Beverley Minster.

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Ark, Beverley, Beverley Minster, Church architecture, Church of England., Churches, Noah, Noah's Ark, Old Testament, statue, stone carving, The Bible

Statue of Abraham, West Front, Beverley Minster.

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Abraham, Beverley, Beverley Minster, Church architecture, Church of England., Churches, Old Testament, Patriarchs, Patriarchs of the Old Testament, statue, stone carving, The Bible

The West Front, Lincoln Cathedral.

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Bishop Remigius, Cathedrals, Church architecture, Church of England., Churches, Lincoln Cathedral, medieval, Medieval England, Middle Ages, Norman, Romanesque, stone, stone carving, West Front Lincoln Cathedral

According to “Harris’s Guide to Churches & Cathedrals“, “The West front was built 1075 – 92 by Bishop Remigius and has been partially covered by a later Gothic screen”. Lincoln Cathedral’s website informs me that Bishop Remigius was a Benedictine monk and the first Norman Bishop of Lincoln, the largest Diocese in Medieval England.

A Carving Depicting Adam and Eve, West Front, Lincoln Cathedral.

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Adam, Adam and Eve, apple, Beverley, Cathedrals, Church architecture, Church of England., Churches, Garden of Eden, Genesis, Lincoln Cathedral, stone carving, temptation, West Front Lincoln Cathedral

Photo Archive: “Please Touch Me!” Carving from Beverley Minster, Hull and East Riding Museum, Museum Quarter, Hull, 25/04/14.

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Beverley, Beverley Minster, face, Hull, Hull City of Culture 2017, interactive displays, knight, moustache, Museum Quarter Hull, Museums, please, stone, stone carving, stone work, touch

Fan Faulting, The Cloister, Gloucester Cathedral.

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alcoves, architecture, Cathedrals, Church architecture, Church of England., Churches, cloister, fan vaulting, Gloucester, Gloucester Cathedral, Gothic Architecture, Monastries, Monks, niches, stone carving

The eighteenth point of interest relating to Gloucester Cathedral in Harris’s “Guide To Churches & Cathedrals” reads, “On the North side of the nave (an unusual position) are the beautiful fan-vaulted cloisters, which were built from c.1360 onwards, commencing with the east cloister walk. These are the oldest fan-vaulted roofs in existence. Notice the 20 alcoves where monks sat to read and write and the places where they washed, with miniature fan vaulting above“. Batsford and Fry in their book “The Cathedrals of England” describe the cloisters as “the finest in England” and they refer to the alcoves as the Carrels or Study-Niches. 

The Font, Hereford Cathedral.

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carving, Cathedrals, Church architecture, Church of England., font, Hereford, Hereford Cathedral, stone carving, The Apostles

To quote from my copy of the Hereford Cathedral guide book, “The font dates from the first Norman Cathedral. It is surrounded by carvings of the apostles, and although they were defaced during the Reformation, you can still see their beauty“.

Photo Archive: A Snow Topped Crown, St. Martin-Le-Grand Church, York, 2010.

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Church architecture, Church of England., Churches, crown, King, snow, St Martin-Le-Grand York, stone carving, York