Be there: Lichfield Cathedral West Front Door in glorious VR
The west front doors at Lichfield are covered in decorative metalwork. They warrant a closer inspection - the clasps and keyhole covers are as intricate as the cusping on the stone work.
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The west front doors at Lichfield are covered in decorative metalwork. They warrant a closer inspection - the clasps and keyhole covers are as intricate as the cusping on the stone work.
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St. Patrick in Patrington is a wonderful creation of the Decorated period of Gothic architecture in the early C14th.
A church that leads to the sea, with a delightful C12th nave and an unusual ship grafitto on a column in the arcade.
St. Patrick in Patrington is a wonderful creation of the Decorated period of Gothic architecture in the early C14th.
I’m there first thing and I feel anxious - there’s an overwhelming sense of inertia. I walk out into the churchyard to gather my thoughts and catch a dash of red text on a gravestone silhouetted against the rising tide at Y Foryd.
St. Mary in Wirksworth in Derbyshire has a remarkable layered history with material artefacts that represent the Anglo-Saxon period onwards.
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Pershore Abbey is a hidden gem. You can spend a delightful day there exploring the abbey and the town which has some wonderful Regency brick architecture (and a few timber-framed delights).
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