sps1955's photos with the keyword: Cathedral

From W., with King's School on the right.

Drawn by William Westall; engraved by Edward Finden. Scanned from an early 19th-century print in my possession.

Showing the spires on the W. towers of the cathedral, built c.1370-1400. The spires were removed for structural reasons in 1807: for other illustrations and contemporary comment on their removal, see www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/how-lincoln-cathedral-has-ch... . For a period, the cathedral also had a spire on the crossing tower, added when the tower was heightened in the early 1300s, but this was blown down in the late 1540s. The cathedral lays claim to having been the tallest building in the world while the central spire was standing, although the margin over other buildings is not that great (only three feet, according to one source, which might lie within the margin of error in the measurements, I would have thought - I have seen no indication of when, how or by whom the spire was measured!) [ easterncathedrals.org.uk/members/lincoln-cathedral.php ; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_and_struc... ] Scanned from a mid-C18 print, drawn and engraved by J. Ryland, in my possession, probably originally published in England illustrated, or, A compendium of the natural history, geography, topography, and antiquities ecclesiastical and civil, of England and Wales. With maps of the several counties, and engravings of many remains of antiquity, remarkable buildings, and principal towns (1764)..

From E. Derby's principal parish church until 1927, when raised to cathedral status. Early C16 west tower. The body of the church was rebuilt to the designs of James Gibbs, 1723-5. E extension, including retrochoir, 1967-72 to designs of Sebastian Comper. List description: list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1228277 .

From E. By Robert Bakewell (d. 1752), installed after the church (then Derby's principal parish church) was rebuilt in 1723-5

Early C16 west tower seen from W. The body of the church, just visible, was rebuilt to the designs of James Gibbs, 1723-5. It was Derby's chief parish church until it was raised to cathedral status in 1927. List description: list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1228277 .

Inscription recording the rebuilding of the church.

C17 according to The Buildings of England (2nd edn., reprinted with corrections, 1979), p.169, although to my eyes the panelling could be later.

Designed by John Smythson. Completed in 1601 (during the Countess' lifetime).

Bust of Thomas Chambers by Roubiliac

From SE. Derby's principal parish church until 1927, when raised to cathedral status. Early C16 west tower. The body of the church was rebuilt to the designs of James Gibbs, 1723-5. E extension, including retrochoir, 1967-72 to designs of Sebastian Comper. List description: list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1228277 .

Looking E. at about 10.00 pm. Judges' Lodging (c. 1810, by William Hayward) on the left. Hand held, so my viewpoint was somewhat constrained by the need to find something against which to steady myself without being blinded by the floodlights shining up at the castle behind me. I have reduced the colour temperature a bit. I am not sure how successful the result is!

Looking east from Castle Hill at about 9.00 am on a crisp winter's morning

From E.

View from the S., taken from the footbridge over Broadgate.

Looking E. towards the Exchequer Gate (through which a car is passing) and the Cathedral. Scanned from a print in the family photograph collection; other photographs in the packet suggest that this was taken in 1956.

From S.; taken from the footbridge over Broadgate

From S.; taken from the footbridge over Broadgate