W is for West Front WOW #AtoZchallenge

W’s linked to Peterborough Cathedral: West front; working; Wealth; Water; Wake; Worship; WOW; Weddings and Windows.

The west front has the WOW factor. It gets me every time, whether it’s alone in the early morning or late evening or there’s hustle and bustle around and in front of it like this day during the heritage festival,  (the festival is 16-17 June this year). Peterborough Cathedral is a very busy place, with worship, work and WOW factor it has a draw that can’t always be described.

We can now say it’s 900 years since this building was started (it took 120 years to complete), I hope those around when it celebrates 900 years since the west front was consecrated enjoy being in it’s presence as much as I do now.

We’re getting to the end of my AtoZ of all things Peterborough Cathedral and I hope you’ve got a hint of the place. It’s not always thought of and yet, it’s got it’s place in history.

Peterborough, UK, is celebrating 900 years of the current Peterborough Cathedral building which is my 2018 A-Z theme. Rather than give you lots of information which you can get from the website, books or by visiting and having a wonderful guided tour I’ve provided a list of topics and an illustration of one of them.

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V is for Vaulting #AtoZChallenge

V’s linked to Peterborough Cathedral: Vikings; VIII; Volunteers; Vaulting; Vaults; Vestry; Vestments and visions.

When I say vaulting I mean Fan Vaulting. The new building in Peterborough cathedral is a very fine example of English Fan Vaulting and is a beautiful place to be. Although people went by as I drew this the angle meant I didn’t include them, I’ve delayed this post a day because I had planned to finish the illustration with my usual permanent marker. When I looked at the drawing again I felt the pencil lines were enough and it would be too harsh with strong black lines so here it is, I hope you like it. Obviously it doesn’t do the original structure justice by any means but hopefully you can get a hint of what it might be like and come visit one day.

And when I say ‘new building’ I mean it was the latest large structure to be built and we still call it the new building. Built around 1494-1509ish is not that old after-all when you consider there’s been buildings on this site since at least the 600’s.

Peterborough, UK, is celebrating 900 years of the current Peterborough Cathedral building which is my 2018 A-Z theme. Rather than give you lots of information which you can get from the website, books or by visiting and having a wonderful guided tour I’ve provided a list of topics and an illustration of one of them.

This is one of hundreds of blogs doing this challenge. Take a look at what others are doing and support this AtoZ Blogging Challenge.