A Walk Around The Cathedral
As I said, yesterday I walked into the city and had a walk around the Cathedral. I am lucky that I get in free as I live in the city ... and however mny times I have visited, there is always something new to spot.
The Cathedral was finishd by 1400 (except for the section that had to be re-built after a German air-raid during WWII.
Exeter Cathedral has the longest uninterrupted medieval vaulted ceiling in the world, at about 96 m
The minstrels' gallery in the nave dates to around 1360 and is unique in English cathedrals.
The Font - added in Victorian times ... 2 close-up sections below
One of the fifty misericords are the earliest complete set in the United Kingdom ... the elephant was carved years before the first elephant came to England.
WWI memorial for the Devonshire Regt
The Cathedral was finishd by 1400 (except for the section that had to be re-built after a German air-raid during WWII.
Exeter Cathedral has the longest uninterrupted medieval vaulted ceiling in the world, at about 96 m
The minstrels' gallery in the nave dates to around 1360 and is unique in English cathedrals.
The Font - added in Victorian times ... 2 close-up sections below
One of the fifty misericords are the earliest complete set in the United Kingdom ... the elephant was carved years before the first elephant came to England.
WWI memorial for the Devonshire Regt