Grotesque and Ghastly Gothic or Soaring Spiky Spires?
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Where: Northern Ireland, Down, United Kingdom
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This stereo pairs image of a church with lots and lots of spiked abutments and spires on a Y shaped avenue was selected to finish the week. For me its appearance is both unwelcoming and forbidding - having a dark and austere aspect.
The location and subject was very quickly identified by sharon.corbet as Down Cathedral. The cathedral is formally known as the "Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity". As Niall McAuley explains, and per the Wikipedia article, at least some of the structure dates to the 13th and 14th centuries, with the "gothic revival" flourishes added in the late 18th and early 19th centuries....
Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton
Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence
Collection: Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection
Date: between ca. 1860-1883
NLI Ref: STP_1940
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Source: Flickr Commons
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The location and subject was very quickly identified by sharon.corbet as Down Cathedral. The cathedral is formally known as the "Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity". As Niall McAuley explains, and per the Wikipedia article, at least some of the structure dates to the 13th and 14th centuries, with the "gothic revival" flourishes added in the late 18th and early 19th centuries....
Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton
Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence
Collection: Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection
Date: between ca. 1860-1883
NLI Ref: STP_1940
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Owner: National Library of Ireland on The CommonsSource: Flickr Commons
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philfluther
Awesome, no. Spiky spires decorative motif. South City Markets, Dublin. "the decent church that topt the neighbouring hill" spire, query.
sharon.corbet
Down Cathedral, Downpatrick Streetview
Niall McAuley
I suspect this is North of the border... I can't see it in buildingsofireland.ie...
Niall McAuley
Ninja'd! ...but not wrong!
derangedlemur
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] Good job.
Niall McAuley
Per wikipedia this not really a Gothic Revival church, but a restoration during the revival of an actual medieval church, which was in ruins in 1790.
bhatto
Certainly not ghastly. Interesting and impressive.
BeachcomberAustralia
Mr French loved this view ... catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000338405 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000334807 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000338404 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000324746 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000321128 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000333270 None of them have the smaller trees and freshly-painted white fence seen above. The gas lamp has moved to the left and a cross is evident there. Might help with dating?
BeachcomberAustralia
Hear the choir sing "A Prayer of St Patrick'" (John Rutter) - dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1878817/MP3s/cathedral/prayer... And the fine organ - dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1878817/MP3s/cathedral/fanfar... From www.downcathedral.org/history
KiloSierraDelta
Looks like Down Cathedral to me, only a 10 min drive from my house. There is celtic cross in front of the door now, but pretty sure that was moved from else where recently, as in some time in the 21st Century.
oaktree_brian_1976
Here's the link to the animated 3d Stereogram. stereo.nypl.org/view/90203
BeachcomberAustralia
Some more details about the 'High Cross' as it is called - "... The original Cross stood at the foot of English Street up until 1729, when it was dismantled and the pieces dispersed around the town. Francis Joseph Bigger rebuilt the Cross with the help of Hastings Stonecarvers of Church Street in 1897. While the reconstructed Cross was held together with slate dowels in 1897, the new replica has been constructed using internal steel rods. ..." From - www.downcountymuseum.com/What-s-New/Replica_High_Cross_at... Which implies that this photo is before 1897 (which we already knew!) because the cross is not there, and the Lawrence photos are after 1897.
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia Thank you. And thanks to https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] for the link to the "gif" stereogram. (Much appreciated!) Description/location/etc all duely updated :)
BlueisCoool
An amazing looking building and photographs!