Durham Cathedral

[---Nemo---]

It’s “the finest example of Romanesque architecture in the world” said my lecturer when I was away at university. Made me very proud it did.

I forget who said it but it was once described as the "finest sight in Christendom". I wouldn't argue with that.

 

[dcl0sc]

Front lawn!

 

[Cockney Mackem]

Grey towers of Durham! ...
Yet well I love thy mix'd and massive piles,
Half church of God, half castle ‘gainst the Scot,
And long to roam these venerable aisles,
With records stored of deeds long since forgot.

 

[Cheesy Feet]

Best building on the planet. Not relevant to the thread but needs saying anyway.

It's nee St Pauls like.

 

[Cowvahlo]

It's nee St Pauls like.

It pisses all over St Paul’s man, a blind man with a stickle bricks can build better than St.Pauls

 

[yorkyexile]

Best building on the planet. Not relevant to the thread but needs saying anyway.

Doesnt really need saying for those of us who know. Balls to the outsiders let them finger themsens silly ower somewhere daft like Ely or Canterbury

 

[Cheesy Feet]

It pisses all over St Paul’s man, a blind man with a stickle bricks can build better than St.Pauls

For all i've lived up here all my life i've never been to Durham Cathedral whereas i've been in St Pauls (whispering gallery)..the full tour..found it jaw dropping like..i'll get myself to Durham for a look.

 

[Cowvahlo]

Doesnt really need saying for those of us who know. Balls to the outsiders let them finger themsens silly ower somewhere daft like Ely or Canterbury

Exactly mate....St.Pauls! I just don’t get how anyone can say it’s not the best building ever....perfect symmetry, built hundreds of years ago...just simply stunning.

For all i've lived up here all my life i've never been to Durham Cathedral whereas i've been in St Pauls (whispering gallery)..the full tour..found it jaw dropping like..i'll get myself to Durham for a look.

You’re doing your best to get reported aren’t you? Get yourself up to the cathedral ASAP, you won’t be disappointed.

 

[Cheesy Feet]

Exactly mate....St.Pauls! I just don’t get how anyone can say it’s not the best building ever....perfect symmetry, built hundreds of years ago...just simply stunning.


You’re doing your best to get reported aren’t you? Get yourself up to the cathedral ASAP, you won’t be disappointed.

My brothers been and apparently you can go right to the top of it??..i'll have a look and report back..when it gets a bit warmer like..

 

[Cowvahlo]

My brothers been and apparently you can go right to the top of it??..i'll have a look and report back..when it gets a bit warmer like..

You can but not at the minute, renovation work going on on the tower, it’s still worth going though. Some of the stats about the place are class like the main pillars having the same circumference as they are tall, the Rose window being the biggest stained glass window (could be wrong ok that one), the anomalies in the carvings on the main pillars where the stone mason dropped a bollock, the gargoyles...the list goes on!

 

[DJP]

Anyone know when the scaffolding\building work is going to be finished on the main tower? It has been ongoing for yonks.

You can but not at the minute, renovation work going on on the tower, it’s still worth going though. Some of the stats about the place are class like the main pillars having the same circumference as they are tall, the Rose window being the biggest stained glass window (could be wrong ok that one), the anomalies in the carvings on the main pillars where the stone mason dropped a bollock, the gargoyles...the list goes on!

Aye, this ^^^^

 

[becs]

For all i've lived up here all my life i've never been to Durham Cathedral whereas i've been in St Pauls (whispering gallery)..the full tour..found it jaw dropping like..i'll get myself to Durham for a look.

Been to both and like Durham best. Definitely the better out of the two.

Did you go all the way to the top of St Pauls? Didn't like the stairs but the view from the top was brilliant.

Anyone know when the scaffolding\building work is going to be finished on the main tower? It has been ongoing for yonks.

Don't know but I'm Durham often and monitoring it for @JonnotheMackem I'll report back when I see it has been removed!

 

[Cheesy Feet]

Been to both and like Durham best. Definitely the better out of the two.

Did you go all the way to the top of St Pauls? Didn't like the stairs but the view from the top was brilliant.

The day i was there you were only allowed as far as the Whispering Gallery..i got wrong for getting my phone out..this vicar type bloke appeared from nowhere 'no photos and no filming'..amazing place like.

Don't know but I'm Durham often and monitoring it for @JonnotheMackem I'll report back when I see it has been removed!

You can but not at the minute, renovation work going on on the tower, it’s still worth going though. Some of the stats about the place are class like the main pillars having the same circumference as they are tall, the Rose window being the biggest stained glass window (could be wrong ok that one), the anomalies in the carvings on the main pillars where the stone mason dropped a bollock, the gargoyles...the list goes on!

Just googled about it..didn't realise it was so old..St Pauls is canny modern compared to it.

 

[Deleted member 29601]

For all i've lived up here all my life i've never been to Durham Cathedral whereas i've been in St Pauls (whispering gallery)..the full tour..found it jaw dropping like..i'll get myself to Durham for a look.

Mag.

 

[becs]

The day i was there you were only allowed as far as the Whispering Gallery..i got wrong for getting my phone out..this vicar type bloke appeared from nowhere 'no photos and no filming'..amazing place like.

They have camera police in Durham mind!

After the whispering gallery, the dome is hollow with a rickety metal fire escape type staircase. My eldest isn't good with heights, so I'm pleased we left him at the bottom as he wouldn't have coped with looking down at all the space under his feet!

 

[HABA87]

The anomalies in the carvings on the main pillars where the stone mason dropped a bollock, the gargoyles...the list goes on!

The main fault on the zig zag pillar was intentional as the designers wanted to prove that only God is perfect, or something like that.

 

[Cowvahlo]

Just googled about it..didn't realise it was so old..St Pauls is canny modern compared to it.

Yep, again that’s something else that makes it so outstanding

The main fault on the zig zag pillar was intentional as the designers wanted to prove that only God is perfect, or something like that.

ah is that right? Knew there was some story behind but thought it was a fuck up.

 

[HABA87]

Yep, again that’s something else that makes it so outstanding

ah is that right? Knew there was some story behind but thought it was a fuck up.

I thought that too, but one of the purple cloaks told me otherwise. To be honest I don't know which is true!

 

[Cheesy Feet]

They have camera police in Durham mind!

After the whispering gallery, the dome is hollow with a rickety metal fire escape type staircase. My eldest isn't good with heights, so I'm pleased we left him at the bottom as he wouldn't have coped with looking down at all the space under his feet!

I wasn't comfortable on the Whispering Gallery like..it's a bit 'rickety' like..the bit i filmed before i got wrong shows down to the floor..it's a long way down..i can only imagine what the top looking down is like.

Mag.

The main fault on the zig zag pillar was intentional as the designers wanted to prove that only God is perfect, or something like that.

Canny excuse for making a balls up like.

 

[SPUFF]

Due to occasional Royal visits, if you install any aircon units around the city centre they need to be out of line of sight from the top of the cathedral.

Boring, but true story that.