Simon Smith

Norwich, St Peter Mancroft, Norfolk The east window is “a bible of East Anglian 15thC glass, though not complete”, said Pevsner. The seven centre panels were added by Clayton & Bell in 1881. #StainedGlassSunday #Norwich #Norfolk #churchcrawling

Great Yarmouth, Minster Church of St Nicholas, Norfolk #SteepleSaturday #Norfolk #Church

Belton, St Peter & St Paul, Lincolnshire 12thC Norman font features a number of unusual carvings, including a bellringer. #FontsonFriday #Lincolnshire #Churches #churchcrawling

Belton, St Peter & St Paul, Lincolnshire Romanesque depiction of bellringing, as shown on the 12thC font. #bellringing #romanesque #font #church #lincolnshire

Dry Doddington, St James, Lincolnshire England’s answer to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The tower here has a lean of 5.1 degrees, compared to 3.97 degrees in Pisa. #TowerTuesday #Lincolnshire #churchcrawling

Garton-on-the-Wolds, St Michael, East Yorkshire Font designed by John Loughborough Pearson and made by Trollope & Sons in 1879. #FontsonFriday #yorkshire #church #churchcrawling

@marktheman2010 @Jan_Leeming All cathedrals are free to enter if you are attending a service of course.

@sjts75 @Jan_Leeming I can recall when every part of St Paul's was free.

I believe most Cathedrals charge something. Years ago I paid a small fee to take photos in Wells Cathedral. I know people feel one should not charge fee entry to a ‘House of God’ but gone are the days when remittances from the Congregation would cover costs

City of London, St Giles Cripplegate A tower amongst towers. #SteepleSaturday #London

Wintringham, St Peter, North Yorkshire Norman tub font, with a cover dated 1736. #FontsonFriday #Yorkshire @TheCCT

Aldeburgh, St Peter & St Paul, Suffolk Memorial window for the composer Benjamin Britten, by John Piper. It depicts three of his church parables - The Prodigal Son, Curlew River, and The Burning Fiery Furnace. #StainedGlassSunday #Suffolk #Church

Appleby-in-Westmorland, St Lawrence, Cumbria The lower part of the tower is the oldest part of the building, the rest of the church having been burned down by the Scots and rebuilt in the 14thC. #SteepleSaturday #Cumbria #churchcrawling

Inveraray, All Saints, Argyll & Bute The detached tower houses one of the finest rings of 10 bells in the world. #SteepleSaturday #Scotland #bellringing

Appleby-in-Westmorland, St Lawrence, Cumbria The font here is made from Frosterley marble, containing fossils of extinct corals. #FontsonFriday #Cumbria #churchcrawling

Norwich Cathedral High altar with the Bishop’s throne behind. #Norwich #Cathedral @Nrw_Cathedral

Sometimes the light hits just right! @Nrw_Cathedral #Norwich #Norfolk #Cathedral

Norwich Cathedral on a sunny spring afternoon. #SteepleSaturday #Norwich @Nrw_Cathedral

Norwich, St Gregory For St George’s Day, the late 15thC wall painting features St George and the Dragon in an elaborate landscape with the town of Silene behind. It was whitewashed over during the Reformation and uncovered in 1861. #Norwich #StGeorgesDay

@MAnneAmbrose1 The online consultation wasn’t the only way the design was selected. There was a public advisory group and regional representations also.

@sjts75 Yes. There was. I voted. The equine statue won.

The Queen’s Memorial - we should have been asked before a ‘final’ design was decided upon. Which would you prefer? See next post for pictures to help you choose.