{"id":10336,"date":"2025-10-13T15:43:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T15:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10336"},"modified":"2025-10-13T15:43:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T15:43:24","slug":"chester-cathedral-a-first-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10336","title":{"rendered":"Chester Cathedral – a first visit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After our tea in the Cathedral’s cafe last week (see the previous post), we had an interesting walk around the Cathedral – it had some lovely stained glass windows along with some amazing architecture. Here are a few snaps taken on the day:<\/p>\n\n\n

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One of the many stained glass windows – I love the colours<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Showing the roof structure and stained glass window in a side chapel<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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A Lego fund-raising model of the Cathedral and stained glass window<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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A vertical panorama showing the main roof structure of the Cathedral<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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An altar in the Cathedral with unusual lighting<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Part of a Nativity display<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

I was puzzled by some of the architecture:<\/p>\n\n\n

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A Norman arch next to a Gothic Arch<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Apparently, this arch is a Norman arch. From my researches this style comes from the Mediterranean area (some of which which the Normans also conquered) where there were influences from Islamic culture. The Gothic arch next to it is where the building was extended and changed over the course of centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, an external view from the quadrangle within the cloisters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An external view from within the cloisters.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A very interesting and satisfying day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After our tea in the Cathedral’s cafe last week (see the previous post), we had an interesting walk around the Cathedral – it had some lovely stained glass windows along with some amazing architecture. Here are a few snaps taken on the day: I was puzzled by some of the architecture: Apparently, this arch is … Continue reading “Chester Cathedral – a first visit”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,102,152,71,3,147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-buildings","category-historic-houses-and-gardens","category-historic-places","category-panoramas","category-photography","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10336"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10347,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10336\/revisions\/10347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}