Chester Cathedral.
Photo: 16 May 2014.
Source: Geograph Britain and Ireland
Author: Jeff Buck
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unless stated otherwise.
South Choir Aisle.
The South Aisle was shortened in 1870 by Scott, and given an Apsidal East End, becoming the Chapel of Saint Erasmus.[4]
The Stained-Glass in the Apse Window is dated 1872 and is by Clayton and Bell. Below this, is a mosaic designed by J. R. Clayton and made by Salviati, and a fresco painting by Clayton and Bell, dated 1874.
A Side-Altar in The South Transept, with a
Reredos depicting scenes of Mary of Bethany.
Photo: May 2012.
Source: Family Photo.
Author: Stephen Hamilton.
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Elsewhere, the Stained-Glass in the Aisle is by Wailes, and by Hardman & Co. to a design by Pugin.[55] The Aisle contains the tomb of Ranulf Higdon,[36] a Monk at Saint Werburgh’s Abbey in the 12th-Century, who wrote a major work of history entitled “Polychronicon”,[59] a monument to Thomas Brassey (a Civil Engineering contractor who died in 1870), designed by Blomfield and made by Wagmuller, a monument to Samuel Peploe (Bishop, 1726–1752) who died in 1752, and three painted monuments by a member of the Randle Holme family.[55]
South Transept.
The South Transept, formerly the Parish Church of Saint Oswald, contains a Piscina and Sedilia in the South Wall.[21] On the East Wall are four Chapels, each with a Reredos, two of which were designed by Giles Gilbert Scott, one by Kempe and the other by his successor, W. E. Tower.[4]
The Cloisters, Chester Cathedral.
Photo: 10 July 2014.
Source: Own work.
Attribution: Photo by DAVID ILIFF.
License: CC BY-SA 3.0.
Author: Diliff
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The South Window is dated 1887 and was made by Heaton, Butler and Bayne to a design by R. C. Hussey.[32] Other Stained-Glass in the Transept is by Clayton and Bell, by C. E. Kempe and by Powell.
On the Wall of the Sout-West Crossing Pier are monuments which include a Cenotaph to the casualties in HMS Chester in The Battle of Jutland in 1916, who included the 16-year-old John Cornwell VC.
On the Wall of the Sout-West Crossing Pier are monuments which include a Cenotaph to the casualties in HMS Chester in The Battle of Jutland in 1916, who included the 16-year-old John Cornwell VC.
The West Wall of the South Transept has many memorials, including Cenotaphs to The Cheshire Regiment, The Royal Air Force and The Free Czech Forces.[4]
The Lady Chapel, Chester Cathedral, has Lancet Gothic Windows with Mid-19th-Century Stained-Glass, by William Wailes (1859), depicting The Passion, The Resurrection, and The Ascension of Christ.
Photo: 4 July 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: user:mcginnly
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