Winchester

 

Not the famous western firearm, but rather the beautiful cathedral in the county of Hampshire, that was the main objective of our trip south (through horrendous storms). We only had a single day to explore both the cathedral and the Great Hall.

The photograph on the right shows the front of the cathedral's west wall, with the main window looking more like a modern day abstract mosaic as the original glass was shot through by parliamentarian soldiers in the Civil War.

Here's the photographs:

The North wall with four information stands showing the developement of the building.

One of the four information stands

Looking down to the east altar and quire and (imho) a ghastly modern 'star'

The view down the nave towards the west entrance

One style of window

Another style of window with 'cleaner' lines imo.

No caption necessary

This was about half the tiles that could be seen (note the modern replacements too)

Detail showing the many, wonderful tiles

The roof of one of the many chapels in the cathedral

Entrance to the crypt (I didn't take the tour)

Some of the many flags to be found in the cathedral

More flags, British Legion I think

Heraldic banner in one of the aisles (there were others)

One of th many epitaphs, around the cathedral, that caught my eye...

It was the palm tree in particular that drew me to this

Lieutenant Turner of the Bengal Native Infantry and commandant of the corps of guides.

A good model of the cathedral.

That's it for this week, I'm keeping the few photographs I have of the Great Hall, in reserve, until next week.

 

Thanks for taking the time to visit, sorry nothing to report on the hobby front, but  I'm still hopeful.

 

As always your comments are both welcomed and truly appreciated.