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Photo: Travel: United Kingdom: Lichfield

The Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Chad, Lichfield, Staffordshire

This trip almost did not happen when Tini suddenly got sick at the sight of the cathedral. I don't think she was reacting to the particularly hideous Victorian restoration work, though. I, for one, found this cathedral quite pretty. Its three spires (unique in England) soar over the close, the building is relatively small, giving it a human-scale charm, and the west front, much maligned for the indifferent Victorian statuary that replaced the originals damaged during the Civil War, is still a sight to behold, especially in the warm light of a sunset.

The cathedral itself is almost entirely of Victorian manufacture on account of being severely mauled during the Civil War. Very little original fabric remains but there are some things worth seeing. The nave, with its narrow arcading and unusual curved triangular clerestory is finely proportioned. Surprisingly, the Quire is not only unimpressive, the iron screen is actively off-putting (no matter what Pevsner says about it), and the high altar is extremely gaudy with really forgettable reredos with statues of saints carrying their instruments of martyrdom. The elongated octogonal chapter house is more interesting, with its charming vestibule and a carving for a cat eating a mouse. There "Lichfield Angel" (Anglo-Saxon relief found in 2003) is now exhibited there as well. The Chapel of St Chad on the 2nd floor of the south quire aisle would have been more interesting if one could actually see the skull of the saint. The aisles are all extensively decorated with blind wall arcading with head corbells and mythical creatures in the cusps of the trefoils. There are some pretty decent windows by Kempe but the highlight are the Flemish stained-glass windows in the lights of the Lady Chapel. These were imported from the Heckenrode Abbey and are quite pretty even if they are in various states of disrepair and some seem to exhibit vulgar recent modifications.

This cathedral is altogether lovely and the pitiful Pitkin Guide is worse than inadequate to cover its many fascinating details.

Lichfield Cathedral From the South East (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Spire Over the Central Crossing (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Lady Chapel From the South (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Cathedral From the South East (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Flying Buttresses of the Quire and Presbytery From the South East (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Heavily Crocketed Pinnacles of the Central Tower (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Empty Canopied Niche for a Tombs Along the South Wall (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
Statue of St Phoebe the First Deaconess of the Church (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Statue of Rachel, Jacob's Second Wife (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Lydia of Thyatira (the First Convert to Christianity in Europe, Bottom) and Miriam (the Sister of Moses) (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Radiating Buttresses Along the North Side of the Lady Chapel (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Statues in Canopied Niches with Animal Corbels On the South Side of the Lady Chapel (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Statues Fill Niches in the Buttresses Along the North Side of the Lady Chapel (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Interesting Star of David Tracery at the North Quire Clerestory (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
The Tower From the North West (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Gargoyle and a Doctor of the Church On the North Side (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Madonna with Child in a Nice by the North Entrance (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Striking Portal of the North Transept for the Bishop's Entry From His Palace (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Detail of Richly Carved Moulding for the Arch Over the North Portal (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Weathered Figures of Saints and Apostles On the North Portal Arch (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Unusual Clerestory Windows Three Trefoil Tracery in a Curved Triangle Frame (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
The Octogonal Spire Surmounting the Central Tower (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Lichfield Cathedral From the North West (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Cathedral and Its West Front Screen From the North West (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Three Famous Spires of Lichfield Cathedral (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Great West Front From the West (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Victorian Replacement Statues Fill the Niches and Occupy the Plinths On the West Front (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The West Front and Three Spires From the West Access Street (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
South Buttressing On the Nave and the Central Spire (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Turrets and Spire of the South Western Tower (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Monument to Charles II Who Helped Restore the Cathedral After the Civil War (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Portal of the South Transept (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Four Latin and Three Orthodox Doctors of the Church Over the South Portal (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Delicately Carved Mouldings On the South Portal Arch (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Figure of a Bishop On the South Side (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
Statue of Godfrey of Bouillon, the Flemish Leader of the First Crusade (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Turrets with Spirelets Around the Central Tower and Spire (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Nave and West Towers From the South East (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) St Clement (of Rome) and St Werburga of Chester (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Statues of Kings Canute and Edward the Confessor (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Statues of Bishops On the South Tower (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) SS James, Jude, Stephen, and Clement (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
The Richly Ornamented South Portal of the West Front (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) West Front Archivolts with Kings, Saints, and Naturalistic Foilage (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Corbel with Blindfolded Head of Justice (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) St Chad Surrounded by Norman and Saxon Kings with Disciples of Christ and Prophets From the Old Testament (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Statues of Henry I, Stephen, Henry II, and Richard I (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Statues of Richard I, John, Henry III, Edward I, and Edward II (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Statues of Edward II, Edward III, and Richard II (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
Statues of St Chad, and Kings Penda, Wulfhere, and Ethelred (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Statues of Kings Ethelred, Offa, Egbert, and Ethelwulf (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Statues of Kings Egbert, Ethelwulf, Ethelbert, Ethelred, and Alfred (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Statues of Kings Etherlbert, Ethelred, Alfred, and Edgar (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Angel Raphael with Bishops and Joel (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Prophets From the Old Testament (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Prophets From the Old Testament and Angel Uriel (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
Queen Victoria, St Luke, the Angel Uriel, and the Prophet Malachi (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) St Paul and St Matthew (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Statues of Kings Fill the Arcade Above the West Entrance (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Angels, Bishops, and Old Testament People On the West Facade (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Statues of Males From the Old Testament (North Tower) (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Statue of Christ Pantocrator On the Traceried Steeply Gabled Nave Between (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Statues of Females From the Old Testament (South Tower) (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
Statues of Old Testament Characters On the West Front (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Statues of Kings William II, Henry I, and Stephen (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Disciples Bartholomew, Simon, James, and Thomas (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Statues of Henry II, Richard I, John, and Henry III (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Statue of St Andrew (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) St Barnabas and St Peter (with Keys) (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Maddona with Child and Two Female Saints at the Main West Entrance (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
St Matthew at the South Entrance On the West Front (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Seated Christ in the Tympanum of the Main West Entrance (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Recessed Tympanum and Elaborately Carved Archivolts of the Main West Entrance (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Beautiful Great West Door with Blind Traceried Arcading and St Chad in the Central Top Niche (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Statues of Solomon (with Temple), St Luke, Gabriel (Top), and Uriel (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Old Testament Prophets On the West Facade (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Statues of Kings Ethelwulf, Ethelbert, Ethelred, and Alfred (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
Statue of St Jude (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Saints and Martyrs with Foliated Carving On the Archivolt of the West Entrance (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Corbel and Cinquefoil Tracery in the Blind Arcading On the West Front (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Kings and Saints Carved On the Archivolt of the Main West Entrance (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Kings Carved On the Archivolt of the West Entrance (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Sculpture Screen and Geometrical West Window (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The North Tower with Its Statuary (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
The West Window by Clayton and Bell Showing the Magi at the Nativity (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The West Window and the Nave Triforium (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Stained Glass with St Martin of Tours, St Edmund the Martyr, and St Maurice (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Nave Looking East Toward the Screen (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The North Arcade with Multiple Mouldings of the Nave (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Victorian Nave and Its Vault with Ridge Ribs and Tiercerons (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Ridge Vault with Tiercerons in the Westermost Bay of the South Aisle (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
Star Tierceron Vault in the Westernmost Bay of the South Aisle (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Filled Up Triforium and Clerestory Window in the North Aisle (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Stained Glass Commemorating Indian Campaigns (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Stained Glass with St Michael and Military Leaders (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Triforium and Curved Triangle Clerestory with Encircled Trefoil Tracery (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Multiple Shaft Column and Its Plinth (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The North Aisle with the Quadripartite Vault with Ridge Rib (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
Pointed and Cusped Blind Wall Arcading with Carved Head Corbel (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Blind Arcading in the North Aisle (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Two Light Openings in the Triforium with Dog Tooth Ornamentation (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Internal Elevations of the South Aisle Looking South East From the North Aisle (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Stiff Leaf Capitals On the Nave Piers with Many Shafts (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Nave Looking South East Toward the Nave Altar and the Quire Screen (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Tierceron Vault of the Nave (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
The West Window and Door As Seen From the Nave (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The West Window with the Converging Arcade of the Triforium (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Internal Elevations of the Nave (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Dog Tooth Tracery in the Two Light Openings of the Triforium with the Curved Triangular Clerestory (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Filled Up Triforium and Clerestory Window in the Westernmost Bay of the North Aisle (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Stained Glass Depicting the Story of Mary Magdalene (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Early English Window with Blind Wall Arcading in a Bay of the North Aisle (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
The Modern Nave Altar Looking East Toward the Quire (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Tierceron Vaulting of the Quire Above the Skidmore Screen (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Nave Arcade with Piers with Stiff Lead Capitals and Encircled Cinquefoils in the Spandrels (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Head of Moses On the Blind Arcading On the Aisle Wall (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Stained Glass Above St Michael's Chapel in the South Transept (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Moses Leads the Carrying of the Tabernacle Out of Egypt Carving On the Font (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Slater Designed Font in the North Transept (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
The Cadaver Remains From Dean Heywood's Large Monument in the North Transept (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Looking From the North Transept to the South Transept (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Crossing and the South Transept Seen From the North (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Tierceron Vaulting of the Transepts and the Central Crossing (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Monuments Along the West Wall of the North Transept (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Detail of Alabaster Effigy for Bishop Lonsdale by Watts in the North Transept Chapel (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Wood Crucifix in the East Chapel of the North Transept (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
High Victorian Iron Pulpit (Maybe Skidmore) in the Nave (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Tastless Victorian Nave Pulpit (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Five Lancet Windows in the North Transept (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Jesse Tree Stained Glass by Clayton and Bell in the North Transept Lancet Windows (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Scott's Hideous Screen Between the Nave and Quire (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Tasteless Victorian Atrocities Adorn the Offensive Quire Screen (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) More Gilded Angel Musicians On the Awful Quire Screen Installed by Scott (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
Stained Glass by Kempe with the Churches of Various Lands in the South Transept (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The North Transept with Bishop Ryder's Statue by Chantrey and Skidmore's Quire Screen in the Crossing (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Crossing Vault with Shafts of the North East Pier (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Shafts with Stiff Leaf Capitals On a Column of the Central Crossing (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) A Better View of the Abominable Jacobean Nave Pulpit (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Tierceron Ribbed Vault with Bosses and Painted Arabesques in the South Transept (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) St Luke Stained Glass in the South Transept (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
St Luke and St John Stained Glass in the South Transept (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) St Mark Stained Glass in the South Transept (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Colors of the Staffordshire Regiment in St Michael's Chapel in the South Transept (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Egyptian Style Monument to the Officers of the 80th Regiment, East Chapel in the South Transept (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Looking North West From St Michael's Chapel in the South Transept Toward the Crossing with the Lectern and the Pulpit (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Altar in St Michael's Chapel in the South Transept (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Stained Glass Window in St Michael's Chapel (Maybe Herckenrode with Later Additions) (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
Stained Glass by Kempe in St Michael's Chapel (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Statue of St Michael in the Eponymous Chapel in the South Transept (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Statue of David with the Sling On Major Hodson's Tomb Designed by Street (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Scene From the Siege of Lucknow On Major Hodson's Tomb Designed by Street (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Alabaster Tomb in the South Quire Aisle (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Delicate Ironwork for the Lights in the Quire (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Entrance to the Chapel of the Head of St Chad in the South Quire Aisle (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
The Quire From the Gallery of the Chapel of the Head of St Chad (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Looking From the Chapel of St Chad Across the Quire to the Chapter House Vestibule in the North (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Painted Effigy of Bishop Hacket On the Large Sarcophagus in the South Quire Aisle (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Chapter House Vestibule and Its Y Traceried Window From St Chad's Chapel (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Ribs and Boss On the Gallery Vault at St Chad's Chapel (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Bible and Hymn Books On the Stalls in the Quire (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Three Shaft Group Pillar of the Quire Seen From St Chad's Chapel (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
The Gilded Reredos by Kempe in the Chapel of the Head of St Chad (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Chapel of the Head of St Chad in the South Aisle (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Molded Ribs of the Vault Above the Gallery at St Chad's Chapel (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Stalls in the Quire (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) St Christopher and the Christ Child in the Quire (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Angel Corbel and Foliated Capitals in the Quire (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Carved Stall End in the Quire (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
Carved Stall End in the Quire (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Neo Gothic Cathedra Carved by George Eliot's Uncle (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Quire Without Triforium but with Tall Perpendicular Windows and Embattled Parapet Looking West Toward the Nave (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Finely Carved Sedilia in the Presbytery (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Detail From the Minton Tile Floor in the Presbytery (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Overdone High Altar in the Presbytery and the Listless Statuary On the Reredos (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Statues of Saints with Their Attributes of Martyrdom in the High Altar Reredos (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
The High Altar and the Statuary On Its Reredos Seen From the Quire (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Presbytery with the High Altar Looking East From the Quire (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Tierceron Ribbed Quire Vault with Bosses and Painted Arabesques (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Roundel On the Quire Floor with Diuma, the Medieval Bishop of Mercia (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Minton Tiling in the Quire (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Female Saint On a Richly Carved Plinth Beneath a Crocketed Canopy in the Quire (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Presbytery Looking South East Toward the High Altar, Reredos, and Canopied Sedilia (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
The Neo Gothic Canopy of the Cathedra in the Quire (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Angel Head in the Spandrel of the Arcading at the Entrance to St Chad's Chapel (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Entrance to the Chapel of the Head of St Chad with Angel Heads in the Spandrels (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) King and Holy Woman Heads in the Spandrels of the Wall Arcading in the South Quire Aisle (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Stained Glass Depicting the Story of St Peter in the South Quire Aisle (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) 19th Century Window by Kempe in the South Quire Aisle with Bishop Hacket Restoring the Cathdral After the Civil War (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Detail of Hacket Restoring the Cathdral Kempe Window in the South Quire Aisle (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
The Sleeping Children by Chantrey in the South Quire Aisle (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Holy Trinity Stained Glass Window Above the Sleeping Children (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Sleeping Robinson Children (1817) by Francis Chantrey (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Medieval Wall Painting in the South Quire Aisle (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Decorated Tracery and Statues Designed by Kempe at the Lady Chapel (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The East Ambulatory with Its Altar As Seen From the South West End of the Lady Chapel (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Apsidal Lady Chapel with Statues Arranged As in Sainte Chapelle in Paris (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
Late Victorian Glass at the Lady Chapel (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Detail From the Late 19th Century Victorian Glass at the Lady Chapel (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Stained Glass From the Flemish Heckenrode Abbey at the Lady Chapel (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Resurrection Heckenrode Glass at the Lady Chapel (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Altar in the Lady Chapel with Its Altarpiece Carved in Oberammergau (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Painted Cover for the Altarpiece in the Lady Chapel (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Lady Chapel's Neo Gothic Altarpiece Carved at Oberammergau in the 19th Century (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
The Quire As Seen From the Lady Chapel Looking West (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Quire Perpendicular Clerestory and Tierceron Vault Seen From the East Ambulatory (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Tiny Stiff Leaf and Head Carvings Adorn the Lady Chapel (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The 14th Century Lady Chapel in Decorated Style, Looking East From the Ambulatory (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Stained Glass From the Flemish Herckenrode Abbey in the Lady Chapel (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Detail From Late 19th Century Stained Glass at the Lady Chapel (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Detail From the Flemish Heckenrode Glass at the Lady Chapel (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
The Wall Arcading with Nodding Crocketed Ogee Arches at the Lady Chapel (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Statue of St Cecilia in the Lady Chapel (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Statue of St Agatha in the Lady Chapel (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Statue of St Prisca at the Lady Chapel (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Statue of St Catherine at the Lady Chapel (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Altar in the Ambulatory East of the High Altar (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Back of the High Altar Reredos (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
The Decorated Lady Chapel with Female Saints Statuary and Herckenrode Windows (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Stained Glass with a Saint About to Be Martyred (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Altarpiece with the Crucifixion in the North Quire Aisle (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) One 19th Century Window in the Lady Chapel, As Seen From the North Ambulatory (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Altar in the Ambulatory to the East Side of the High Altar Reredos, Looking South (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) St Christopher Stained Glass in the North Quire Aisle (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Partially Destroyed Head in the Spandrel of the Blind Arcading in the Quire Aisle (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
Carving in a Trefoil Cusp of the Blind Wall Arcade On the North Quire Wall (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Carving in a Trefoil Cusp of the Blind Wall Arcade On the North Quire Wall (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Carving in a Trefoil Cusp of the Blind Wall Arcade On the North Quire Wall (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Carving in a Trefoil Cusp of the Blind Wall Arcade On the North Quire Wall (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Tini Sitting in a Niche Along the North Wall of the Quire Aisle (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Cathedra in the Quire Looking South From the North Quire Aisle (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Trefoiled Arcading in the Vestibule to the Chapter House (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
The Y Traceried Window in the Vestibule to the Chapter House, Looking North (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Head Corbel and Arcade Moulding at the Chapter House Vestibule (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Pierced Tympanum with Seated Christ of the Entrance to the Chapter House (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Chapter House Wall Arcading and Stained Glass Windows with Life of St Chad (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Forest of Ribs From the Central Pier in the Chapter House (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Central Pier Supporting the Ribbed Vault in the Chapter House (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Dog Tooth Arcading with Stiff Leaf and Head Corbels at the Chapter House (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
Cat with a Mouse Arcade Sculpture in the Chapter House (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Carving of Mythical Creature at the Chapter House (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Y Traceried Stained Glass Windows Depicting Life of St Chad at the Chapter House (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Assumption of Our Lady, 15th Century Painting in the Chapter House (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Arcaded Sedilia of the Chapter House Vestibule (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Sedilia in the Chapterhouse Vestibule (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Arched Opening Above the Chapterhouse Vestibule (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
The North Quire Aisle Looking West Toward the Transept (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Quire Looking South East From the North Transept (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The North Quire Aisle Looking East From the Transept (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Closely Spaced Arcade, Triforium and Curved Triangular Clerestory, Looking South East Fron the North Aisle (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The Lichfield Angel Anglo Saxon Limestone Figure (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Quire Stall Detail (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) St Cecilia in the Precentor's Stall of the Quire (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)
The West Front and Three Spires From the Close (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The West Front From the Close (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) The West Front Renovated by George Gilbert Scott in the 19th Century (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Winged Gargoyle On the South Side (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Gargoyle On the South Side (Saturday, February 2nd 2008) Laughing Gargoyle On the South Side (Saturday, February 2nd 2008)