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Peterborough Cathedral Interior (1), Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England
This page will be a pain in the neck. It is all ceilings so you will be walking around with your head thrown back all the time. But it is worth it.
The hand-painted wooden ceiling of the nave, completed between 1230 and 1250, still survives. It is unique in Britain and one of only four such ceilings in the whole of Europe.
Remember that this ceiling is about 200 feet long and I have heard that the painting took seven years to complete.
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Looking up into the central tower will reward you with this view of another decorated ceiling. The Nave is at the top of the picture, the Sanctuary at the bottom and the Transepts left and right.
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A view of the Sanctuary ceiling which dates from the 15th century. Note the fan vaulting with the individual roundels in each segment.
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The Retro-Quire ceiling is in the newest part of the cathedral, built in the 16th century, and features this amazing fan vaulting. Although there is no hard evidence to support the theory it is believed to be the work of John Wastell who is responsible for similar fan vaulting in Kings College Chapel in Cambridge which is only 35 miles away.
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Read our report of this trip to Peterborough, Cambridgeshire on the Blog.