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Norwich Cathedral is one of England's finest buildings and greatest cathedrals; It is one of the most complete examples of Romanesque architecture in the country (arguably the least altered Norman cathedral), has the second tallest spire in Britain and it's vaulted ceilings contain the largest collection of carved medieval roof bosses anywhere.
Surprisingly for so grand a building it is relatively inconspicuous from the city itself, standing on low ground and concealed within the old Cathedral Close, an enclave of tradition and relative peace apart from the noise of the city beyond it's gates. It's monastic past is much in evidence, particularly the magnificent cloisters, the largest and some of the finest in the country.
As stated most of the building dates from the 12th century and therefore exudes that solid Norman aesthetic, massively built but still graceful and beautiful. The central tower is unusually designed with arcading and windows beneath a double row of oculi, the tapering spire above it is a 15th century addition, aside from this the only major alterations to the ancient fabric externally are the tall 14th century clerestorey and flying buttresses of the choir and the gothic enlargement of various nave and aisle windows, principally the great perpendicular west window that takes up most of the west facade.
The interior is predominantly Norman too, except for the elaborate gothic vaulted ceilings that cover nave, choir and both transepts with a uniform design (originally these higher celings would have been of wood, stone vaults were added in the late medieval period to protect against fire, a job they performed well when the transept roofs were hit by incendiary bombs in World War II). These vaults display an unrivalled collection of narrative roof bosses, carved and coloured with Old & New Testament scenes (mainly in the nave and transepts, the choir bosses are mostly decorated with the emblem of their donor, Bishop Goldwell).
The cathedral has surprisingly few major monuments and sculptures compared to most of it's peers, but does have more exceptional medieval art in it's 14th & 15th century painted altarpieces, the most important being the Despenser Retable in the south east chapel, a unique survivial, hidden from danger during the Reformation & Civil War by being converted to the underside of a table. Further altarpieces here are formed of salvaged panels from redundant city churches. The medieval choir stalls also survive with a full set of carved misericords.
The stained glass by contrast is mostly Victorian and quite mixed (very little medieval glass survives). Striking modern glass by Keith New and John Hayward was installed in the north transept to commemorate the Millennium.
The cloisters to the south of the nave are one of my favourite places, all four walks are covered by yet more vaulted ceilings with over 400 more carved and repainted bosses (lower down and much easier to study than those inside the main body of the cathedral) spanning the long period of the cloister's construction throughout the 14th & !5th centuries.
Norwich Cathedral is special to me as being the subject of my earliest memories, recalling having been taken around the cathedral and cloisters as a 3 year old, which left a vivid impression on me and lead me to pursue an interest in church art and architecture years later, ultimately towards my present career in stained glass. Norwich Cathedral will always therefore have a touch of that nostalgic magic to me.
For more details see the Cathedral website below:-
www.cathedral.org.uk/historyheritage/Default.aspx
For more images and details see Simon Knott's entry on his Norfolk Churches website below:-
www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/norwichcathedral/norwichcathedr...
This church is normally not so easy to visit so I took the chance to have a look during the European Heritage Days. It was built in 1891 and rebuilt after WWII.
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"Die Gartenkirche St. Marien ist die Kirche der evangelisch-lutherischen Gartenkirchengemeinde im Warmbüchenviertel im hannoverschen Stadtteil Mitte. Sie hat einen 85 Meter hohen Kirchturm und befindet sich in der Marienstraße inmitten des Gartenfriedhofs mit klassizistischen Grabdenkmälern aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.
Der heutige, zweite Kirchenbau wurde 1887-1891 von Rudolph Eberhard Hillebrand errichtet. Der Vorgängerbau, eine barocke Saalkirche (ohne Turm, nur mit Dachreiter) war von 1746 bis 1749 von Johann Paul Heumann für die Gartengemeinde vor dem Aegidientor gebaut worden. Die zweite Gartenkirche wurde im Oktober 1943 bei einem Bombenangriff schwer beschädigt und in den 1940/1950er-Jahren (vereinfacht) wiederhergestellt. Eine weitere Renovierung in den Jahren 2001 bis 2003 stellte das originale Kircheninnere im Stil der Neogotik wieder her." Wikipedia
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This is the ceiling inside St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy. It's the hallway that leads to the Sistine Chapel. Breathtaking.....
This is a photograph of the ceiling of the former entrance to the Royal Ontario Museum in downtown Toronto. This part of the museum is now used only as a means to get to other parts within. It is a beautiful mosaic design.
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The Bellagio casino/hotel in Las Vegas has some very high-end shopping areas, and this was the ceiling in one of them.
There is a lovely stained glass ceiling over the Arkansas Senate Chambers. Due to a security feature it's impossible to get an unobstructed view of the entire ceiling.
Arkansas State Capitol, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
It's hard to convey just how spectacular these frescos are in real life.
I'll post more when I get home.
A mock Medievael/Gothic exterior with some interesting 'building innovation' by the builder (who was an accountant - not an architect) not repeated since...mainly because they were so difficult to maintain- here some Examples: Fire places without a direct chimney, for instance, where the flue is built into the wall and there is a window just above the fireplace. Plumbing of waste water in lead pipes directed inside walls, often getting blocked and difficult to clear....just to mention two impracticalities.
Built 1840-3 for a family from Liverpool it became a holiday home for the Potter family (Beatrix visited first time in 1882 aged 16) later with many different tenancies following. Successive owners stripped the place of most of the original interior and today it is mainly a shell. The National trust is inviting the public to help direct the future of the castle and set it on a profitable course of preservation for the future. The castle only just opened to the public after a prospective tenant was unable to obtain funding for their plans to turn it into an exclusive hotel, the Trust have done an excellent job so far.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/wray-castle/
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I believe I took this in the ballroom.
"After the death of Francois I, his son Henri II continued the palace reovations, by finishing the buildings in progress and by initiating new construction. The work was entrusted to the architect Philbert Delorme and the artist Primaticcio."
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Detail of the apse showing the rich decoration added when this part of the church was rebuilt in the 1890s by architect Basil Champneys.
Situated on a hill top overlooking Wednesbury, alongside the neighbouring copper-spired Catholic church, St Bartholomew's is the town's ancient parish church, though most of what one sees today is the result of extensive rebuilding/remodelling in 1827(nave) and 1890 (chancel).
The soot-blackened exterior gives no hint of the beautiful interior, enlivened with rich stencil decoration at the east end (by Godfrey Gray of Cambridge), most noticeably the Christ in Majesty over the chancel arch with it's vivid green background. The polygonal apse beyond (a medieval feature but entirely rebuilt in 1890) is similarly detailed, though harder to appreciated in the subdued light.
The church contains a fine set of fifteen windows by Kempe, all richly detailed with Old and New Testament scenes and figures. There are several 17th century and later monuments too.
The church is normally locked outside of services alas, a pity as the interior is well worth seeing, one of the most beautiful urban churches in the Midlands.