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Gloucester Cathedral, or the Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity, in Gloucester, England, stands in the north of the city near the river. It originated in 678 or 679 with the foundation of an abbey dedicated to Saint Peter (dissolved by King Henry VIII). The foundations of the present church were laid by Abbot Serlo (1072–1104). The cathedral, built as the abbey church, consists of a Norman nucleus (Walter de Lacy is buried there), with additions in every style of Gothic architecture. It is 420 feet (130 m) long, and 144 feet (44 m) wide, with a fine central tower of the 15th century rising to the height of 225 ft (69 m) and topped by four delicate pinnacles, a famous landmark. The nave is massive Norman with an Early English roof; the crypt, under the choir, aisles and chapels, is Norman, as is the chapter house. The crypt is one of the four apsidal cathedral crypts in England, the others being at Worcester, Winchester and Canterbury.
The four evangelists with St Peter and St Paul by Redfern in the niches above the entrance of the South porch
The 15th century south porch Stone figure of the Norman monk Serlo who founded the abbey in 1089
Figure of King Osric (maybe) founder of original Abbey of St Peter in 681St. Gregory
Tower with south transept, quire and south ambulatory
Buttressing and somewhat strange joints between Lady Chapel and presbytery
The east window of the Lady Chapel, looking west from the southeast
The tower seen from the northeast
Gloucester Cathedral Flower FestivalJuly 2011
Floral carpet entitled Monument to Osric who was a Prince of Mercia and founded the first religious house on the site in 679
Annunciation and Noli Me Tangere Stained-Glass Madonna with Child Stained-GlassThe coronation of King Henry III stained-glass by Clayton and Bell, 1860
The vast Norman columns of the Southern aisle
arcade
The arcading with small triforium and
clerestory, south aisle, looking east
Sarah Morley's tombstone
….Impelled by a tender and conscientious Solicitude to discharge her parental Duties in person, She embarked with her young Family when their Health and Education required their removal to England and having sustained the pains of Child-birth at Sea she died a few days after that event on the 25th. of May 1784, in the twenty-ninth year of her Age. Of seven Children, the Issue of her Marriage, one Son and three Daughters survived to lament the untimely Loss of an invaluable Mother
The Blessed Sacrament hanging over the altar in the 15th century Seabroke chantry
Effigy of Thomas Seabroke, abbot from 1450 to 1457
Carved corbel with distorted face on the 13th century
The clock by Henry Wilson in the north transept
Mid 13th century screen in the North transept with entrance to the treasury
The north ambulatory entrance to St Paul's
Chapel in the North transept
Stars and Stripes and Union Flag fly over the memorial to John Stafford Smith (composer of US anthem)
The north aisle
The effigy of Robert Duke of NormandyRobert Curthose was the eldest son of William the Conqueror. He mortgaged the Duchy of Normandy to his brother William II King of England in order to raise the money necessary to participate in the First Crusade (1096–1099). On returning from the crusade he was in the process of marrying a wealthy wife, when his brother William died, and his youngest brother Henry I seized the English throne.1 Robert invaded England to reclaim the throne in 1101 the resulting struggle between the two brothers lasted five years until Henry I won a decisive victory at the battle of Tinchebray in Normandy. Robert was captured and held prisoner at Devizes Castle and later at Cardif Castle where he was held until his death in 1134.
View to the west from Gloucester cathedral tower. To the left, St Nicholas; to the right, St Mary de Lode
Sound: Jan Garbarek - Sanctus
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Pictures: Branislav L. Slantchev and Antonio Mª Cabrera
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