After Stourhead, we made for nearby Wells and our cottage there. All our previous visits to Wells have been relatively rushed: either we were just passing through or our time was limited by lack of parking for an RV. Not this time. We stayed three nights at a pretty cottage in the city, devoting one day to rest and administration, and another entirely to the town and the cathedral, and a new discovery: St. Cuthbert's, a beautiful Grade I parish church, dating to the 13th century and lovingly tended for centuries by the town's residents. It is a bit outside the cathedral precincts though still in the middle of town.
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| West facade |
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| Green Man boss on the porch ceiling |
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Some of the best interpretive signage for a parish
church |
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Main attraction, the beautifully restored 15th
century ceiling |
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| Many monuments |
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| Charles I's coat of arms, prominently displayed |
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| Charles II, not so prominent |
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| Refurbished Tudor-age organ, built in the mid-1500s |
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| Bellows |
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| Two stops |
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| Keyboard |
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| Pipes |
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| Carving on the pews |
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Something new to us: a Tree of Jesse in stone;
recently uncovered from layers of plaster |
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| Very old monument: Henry Clark |
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| The font is Victorian; the hood, 15th century |
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Handy mirror table on wheels for studying the
ceiling without neck injury |
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| Nave elevation |
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| Beautiful parish church |
1 comment:
What an absolutely lovely church. So glad you found it.
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