England 2018:07 Chester:Chester Cathedral

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Chester Cathedral The cathedral is a large red sandstone structure with windows that are ornate even outside.	Chester Cathedral Quite impressive	Chester Cathedral Looking down the cloister	Chester Cathedral At the end of the cloister is this door, mostly blocked by the column shown here. I suppose the door and the column belong to two different time periods, but it is strange.
Chester Cathedral The nave of the cathedral. Like many cathedrals and churches, there are no pews. In the old days, you stood and knelt.	Chester Cathedral Looking down the nave. No triforium, but big clerestory windows.	Chester Cathedral The arches are only starting to become gothic.	Chester Cathedral The south aisle, with nice vaulting
Chester Cathedral The north aisle	Chester Cathedral The north aisle is lined with these large mosaics of the biblical patriarchs, all 19th century. This is Abraham.	Chester Cathedral Moses	Chester Cathedral David
Chester Cathedral Elijah	Chester Cathedral The rood screen. It seems rather narrow for such a wide cathedral because the north aisle is hidden by the stone gallery on the left.	Chester Cathedral That gallery from the aisle side.	Chester Cathedral The south transept
Chester Cathedral The window in the south transept	Chester Cathedral Closer picture of the rood screen.	Chester Cathedral The other side of the rood screen.	Chester Cathedral The central part of it.
Chester Cathedral North side of the choir	Chester Cathedral South side of the choir	Chester Cathedral The choir and sanctuary	Chester Cathedral Window over the altar
Chester Cathedral The bishop's throne, unusual in that it appears to seat three people.	Chester Cathedral Nice window	Chester Cathedral Several cathedrals are raising funds for maintenance by selling Lego bricks to build a copy of the cathedral.	Chester Cathedral Thomas Greene and his two wives. He was mayor of Chester in 1565, died in 1602
Chester Cathedral Chapel of St. Oswald	Chester Cathedral Chapel of St. George	Chester Cathedral Consistory Court, for trying offenses against the church. Built in 1636, the only one left in England, its last trial was in the 1930s.

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