2024

TG2308 : Font, St Luke's Chapel, Norwich Cathedral

taken 2 years ago, near to Norwich, Norfolk, England

Font, St Luke's Chapel, Norwich Cathedral
Font, St Luke's Chapel, Norwich Cathedral
This 15th century font shows the seven sacraments on the panels round the bowl. Although it suffered during the Reformation with the heads of the figures deliberately knocked off, it survived by being covered with plaster. It came from the church of St Mary-in-the-Marsh, demolished in 1564; St Luke's chapel then served and still serves as substitute parish church.
Norwich Cathedral

Norwich Cathedral is dedicated to the Holy and Undivided Trinity.
The cathedral was begun in 1096 and constructed out of flint and mortar and faced with a cream-coloured Caen limestone. A Saxon settlement and two churches were demolished to make room for the buildings. The cathedral was completed in 1145 with the Norman tower still seen today topped with a wooden spire covered with lead. Several episodes of damage necessitated rebuilding of the east end and spire but since the final erection of the stone spire in 1480 there have been few fundamental alterations to the fabric.
Norwich Cathedral has the second largest cloisters in Britain. The cathedral close is the largest in England and one of the largest in Europe and has more people living within it than any other close. The cathedral spire, measuring at 315 ft or 96 m, is the second tallest in England despite being partly rebuilt after being struck by lightning in 1169, which led to the building being set on fire. Measuring 461 ft or 140.5 m long and, with the transepts, 177 ft or 54 m wide at completion, Norwich Cathedral was the largest building in East Anglia.
The Cathedral is a Grade I listed building. LinkExternal link
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Alan Murray-Rust   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 30 July, 2024   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 12 August, 2024
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OSGB36: geotagged! TG 2353 0891 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:37.9129N 1:18.1025E
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OSGB36: geotagged! TG 2353 0890
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