Continuing our visit to St. Patrick's church, Patrington, East Riding of Yorkshire...with special insights...
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| Helpful model... |
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| Children's area--a fixture in these churches, no matter how famous, historic, etc. |
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In the crossing, looking into the north transept; originally, the transepts had aisles
and even small chapels |
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| Vicki studying something in the south transept, where a small Lady Chapel remains |
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Quire and chancel; the reredos is modern, constructed in 1936 to mark the coronation
of King George VI |
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| Sedilia; priestly comfy chairs |
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| Abaft the beam...what is wrong with this picture? Read on... |
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| So here I am at the back of the nave, trying to line things up in the nave and chancel |
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| Thus...only...they don't line up... |
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Notice that while the nave seems to point to 90 degrees
(for example), the chancel is 2 or 3 degrees off that...on a
somewhat different heading |
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Seriously, the wooden cross is in the middle of the altar, but
appears here to be seriously off; we have seen two churches
previously that had this sort of directional issue--the Saint-
Corentin Cathedral in Quimper, Brittany, and the St. John
of the Market church in Troyes--in both cases there are
reasons for the change of direction, but no one seems to have
noticed at St. Patrick's |
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| Oh well |
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| It's a splendid, wonderful parish church, as good as the critics all say, 5 stars |
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| The octagonal base of the steeple, delicately buttressed |
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