St Mary’s Church in Thirsk, England was built in the Perpendicular Gothic style and construction began in 1430, with completion in 1480. The church replaced a Norman Church and traces of the previous structure can be seen in the South Aisle and walls, and there are suggestions of a Saxon Minster before that. The church… Continue reading St Mary – Thirsk
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Fan Vault, Peterborough Cathedral
Peterborough Cathedral is a person of England’s very best properties, an just about total Romanesque church on an extraordinary scale sitting guiding just one of the most one of a kind and eccentric Gothic facades found anyplace in medieval Europe. The church we see now is minimal altered considering the fact that its completion in… Continue reading Fan Vault, Peterborough Cathedral
Manchester Cathedral
Manchester Cathedral continue to looks to all intents and functions like an primarily grand town parish church, exuding civic pleasure. This is traditionally speaking the reality, for the diocese of Manchester was only produced in 1847 and before becoming elevated to cathedral rank this was the parish and collegiate church of St Mary, St Denys… Continue reading Manchester Cathedral
Chancel, Fairford
St Mary’s at Fairford is justly famous, not only as a most gorgeous creating architecturally but for the survival of its comprehensive set of late medieval stained glass, a unique survival in an English parish church. No other church has resisted the waves of iconoclasm unleashed by the Reformation and the English Civil War like… Continue reading Chancel, Fairford
Nave looking West, Manchester Cathedral
Manchester Cathedral nevertheless appears to be like to all intents and uses like an specifically grand city parish church, exuding civic pleasure. This is traditionally talking the truth of the matter, for the diocese of Manchester was only designed in 1847 and in advance of staying elevated to cathedral rank this was the parish and… Continue reading Nave looking West, Manchester Cathedral