Just a load of old Gargoyles

Willo - they are lovely photos and great gargs!

Isn't it in Prague where there is a cathedral which has interior decor made up of human skulls and bones!!?? I think it is. I saw a postcard once - a bit like the Catacombs of Paris meet Lawrence Llewellyn Bowen!

Here is a corridor in Wells Cathedral with some lovely Gothic stonework on the ceiling.

Compost Corner - alias my mum - can just be seen in one!







I am so glad I have joined this forum - there are so many of you out there that share the things I love too.

 

Cookie..:D...Brasnose Chapel was where a lady in one episode was going to jump off the Organ in the balcony...remember?
I also sat in the Court room gallery in Oxford when John was filming the series in which he was a Lawyer...Kaniver QC..was it? Kaviner even!

 

Willo - re the church in Prague - here is a link...

http://www.kostnice.cz/
Photos courtesy of the above site...

 

:eek::eek::eek::eek: Pretty spooky cookie!! :D 02

 

Hi Shiney - photos of gargoyles primarily - but any interesting stone features on old buildings would be great - like I mentioned, green Man carvings, any interesting stone masonry work on churches or cathedrals - also any really unusual or strange/interesting features within an old church etc... such as old stone tombs. We could also make this a thread for anyone who has photographed lovely old tombstones/gravestone statues. I know the graveyard in Arnos Vale in Bristol has some really old and exotic tombs - I think old stone graves are very photogenic - especially if they have algae/lichen and ivy on them.They are all of interest here! eg I threw in the fossil on Keynsham church just because it was different and an example of unusual local stonework, typical only for that area.

We could call this the mausoleum club! :eek:

PS: Sorry - forgot to say - the UK would be of most interest, but anyone who has travelled and found any examples abroad are more than welcome to post them here - like the ones Willo posted. I am sure there are some very dark European secrets lying in their cathedrals and churches!

 

Hi CM I have always been facinated with old churches and Cathedrals mainly for the Architecture and have always faniced travelling round the British Isles taking photos of them.I like Gargoyles as well but since having the digi have mainly spent my time taking photos of the flora, forna,landscapes, birds etc so havn't had time to get round to taking many photos of churches or their Gargoyles.Facinating subject though


Thank you for sharing your hobby with us and to everyone else who has contributed to this facinating subject.:thumb:

 

Hey, great photographs Shiney - and certainly a credit to this thread - the skull carvings in the 3rd photo are my favourites. It is interesting that the nature and inclinations of people from very different geographical backgrounds in history was not too dissimilar.

Thank you