Glasgow Cathedral is the oldest cathedral on mainland Scotland, the present building being consecrated in 1197. It’s a large impressive stone building with very high ceilings next to the Necropolis.
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Glasgow Cathedral
Categories: Glasgow, Scotland
Tags: architecture, cathedral, church, photo post, stained glass, stained glass window, stonework
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Ely Cathedral
I’d been looking for some places to visit that are easily accessible by train and I was surprised to find a pretty cheap ticket to Ely for less than £10 so decided that it was time to tick off Ely Cathedral from my to do list.
Categories: Cambridgeshire, Ely, England
Tags: architecture, cathedral, ely cathedral, history, photo post
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Lincoln Castle
Lincoln Castle is directly opposite Lincoln Cathedral and I visited both with a joint ticket of £18. Built in 1068 by William the Conqueror the castle is also the site of a Victorian prison, one of only four original copies of the Magna Carta and Lincoln’s Crown Court, which is still in use today.
Categories: England, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Tags: architecture, castle, cathedral, history, Magna Carta, medieval, photo post, prison
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Lincoln Cathedral
Lincoln is only an hour or so away from Nottingham so I decided to take a trip there recently and bought a joint ticket to both the Cathedral and Lincoln Castle which was well worth the price of £18. An easy-ish walk from the railway station (there is a steep hill involved though buses are also available) some of the Cathedral was under scaffolding when I visited but that didn’t detract from the impressiveness of the building.
Categories: England, Lincoln
Tags: architecture, cathedral, christopher wren, guided tour, history, medieval, photo post, roof tour, stained glass
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Notre-Dame Cathedral
This isn’t the post I originally had planned for today but I just wanted to share some photos of my favourite building in one of my favourite cities.
Museum of Liverpool
I wasn’t really sure what to expect at the Museum of Liverpool but actually it proved to be my favourite of Liverpool’s museums. Opened in 2011 it is apparently the largest newly built national museum in the UK for more than 100 years, and I admit the building’s design was a major reason why I decided to go inside.
Categories: England, Liverpool
Tags: cathedral, John Lennon, model, museum, photo post, Suffragettes, The Beatles, Yoko Ono
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Liverpool Anglican Cathedral
Liverpool Cathedral is the largest cathedral in Britain and fifth largest in the world, built between 1904 and 1978. It was designed by Giles Gilbert Scott, perhaps most famous for designing the iconic red telephone box.
Categories: England, Liverpool
Tags: architecture, cathedral, photo post, stained glass, stained glass window, statue
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Throwback Thursday: Westminster Cathedral, London
On one of my walks through Westminster I passed by Westminster Cathedral, one of those buildings designed to take your breath away. I didn’t have time to go inside but it has been placed firmly on my to revisit list.
Categories: England, London
Tags: cathedral, london, photo post, westminster, Westminster Cathedral
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Derby Cathedral
Derby Cathedral, or the Cathedral of All Saints, became a cathedral in 1927 with much of the current building dating from around 1725 and having been designed by James Gibbs, who also designed St Martin-in-the-Fields. There has been a church on the site however dating back to around 943.
Categories: Derby, Derbyshire, England
Tags: Bess of Hardwick, cathedral, derby cathedral, memorial, monument, stained glass window
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Cathedral Church of St Barnabas, Nottingham
St Barnabas has been on my list of places to visit in Nottingham for a while now, somewhere I kept meaning to visit every time I went to the Playhouse nearby, and I finally found time in November to take a look. Designed by Augustus Pugin, the architect of the interior of the Palace of Westminster, construction of the cathedral began in 1842 and it was consecrated in 1844 when a bishop from Rome brought the relics of St Barnabas with him. When it was opened it was the largest Catholic church built in England since the Reformation.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: augustus pugin, cathedral, lancet style, st barnabas cathedral, stained glass, stained glass window, statue
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