Some unusual internal and external views of Hereford Cathedral

[spiralsheep]

I managed a vertical walk up Hereford Cathedral. There are two posts on my journal featuring some unusual views of and from the cathedral, or you could click through the image to flickr.

Mostly from the tower roof: http://spiralsheep.dreamwidth.org/550163.html

Mostly inside the building: http://spiralsheep.dreamwidth.org/549739.html

Comments

[nanila]

Ooh, the inner photos are my favourites. The roughness of the finish inside the transepts contrasts so strongly with the fineness and delicacy of the chambers below.

[spiralsheep]

As I understand it, some of the ?lime? ?mortar? has eroded away over the centuries and left the ribs of the vaulting more exposed than they would have been (although this reduced mass has the ?advantage? of reducing the weight on the vaulting and arches below). The architects have speculated that some cathedral vaulting is about half its original depth.