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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Be there: All Saints, Wing, Buckinghamshire in glorious VR
I came to Wing in Buckinghamshire to see just one thing: the Anglo Saxon apse to the church. The apse is C10th and is thought to have been built for Aelfgifa, sister-in-law to King Edgar.
Be there: All Saints, Hillesden, Bucks in glorious VR
The church at Hillesden has a lot to answer for. It is reputed that George Gilbert Scott, who lived nearby, said that it was this church that inspired his love of Gothic.
Be there: The Queen of Holderness in glorious VR
St. Patrick in Patrington is a wonderful creation of the Decorated period of Gothic architecture in the early C14th.
Be there: Beverley Minster and Beverley town in glorious VR.
Beverley wears its materials on its sleeve - the glorous buff and ochre hues of the pantiles (which originated in the low countries).
Be there: The chancel at St. Mary, Wirksworth, Derbyshire in glorious VR.
This is a view of the chancel at St. Mary, Wirksworth with its fine encaustic floor tiles and the tomb of Sir Anthony Lowe, gentleman of the bedchamber to both Henry VII, Henry VIII and Edward VI.
Be there: the Anglo-Saxon Wirksworth Stone in glorious VR.
Situated in the north aisle of St. Mary's Parish Church the Wirksworth stone is dated to around 800AD.
Be there: the Gothic vaulted interior at Pershore Abbey in glorious VR
The Abbey Church of Holy Cross or Pershore Abbey has a wonderful vaulted interior of the C13th with tierceron vaults that explode like fireworks.
Be there: the Angel Roof at March in glorious VR
The Angel Roof at St. Wendreda in March, Cambridgeshire is breathtaking. It's impact, for me, comes from the doubling up of angels on the jackposts and hammerbeams.