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August 18, 2003

Great West Door Portal, c.1150

August 18, 2003/ The Friends of Rochester Cathedral
Great West Door Portal, c.1150

Dozens of dragons, chimera, disgorging beasts and other grotesques encode worldly sins and dangers as preached by the Church in the mid-C12th, ‘othered’ and outside of the sanctity and mission within.

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12th century
August 06, 2000

Jesus altar archway, 13th century

August 06, 2000/ The Friends of Rochester Cathedral
Jesus altar archway, 13th century

Tim Tatton-Brown reports on some small-scale archaeological investigations in August 2000 in advance of the production of the fresco in the eastern archway of the greater North Transept.

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August 06, 2000/ The Friends of Rochester Cathedral/
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13th century, Tim Tatton-Brown
December 06, 1999

The bells and bell towers in the early thirteenth century

December 06, 1999/ The Friends of Rochester Cathedral
The bells and bell towers in the early thirteenth century

Colin Flight pieces together the evidence for the bells and bell towers of the Cathedral in the early thirteenth century.

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Architecture, Bells
13th century, Colin Flight
August 06, 1995

Building stones, 11th-19th century

August 06, 1995/ The Friends of Rochester Cathedral
Building stones, 11th-19th century

Bernard C. Worssam investigates the many types of building stone used in the construction of the Cathedral from the medieval times until Sir George Gilbert Scott’s restoration of the 1870s.

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August 06, 1995/ The Friends of Rochester Cathedral/
Architecture
August 06, 1990

Historic doors

August 06, 1990/ The Friends of Rochester Cathedral
Historic doors

Dr. Jane Geddes explores some of the historic doors of Rochester Cathedral.

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Rochester Cathedral – a place of Christian worship since AD604. Located in the heart of Rochester on the banks of the River Medway in Kent.

 

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