My last excursion was to Bradford Cathedral. It was a lovely clear day with the bluest skies, so a good day to wander through town. I did not get a curry for lunch as one might suspect! The cathedral is very close to the train station, so I really didn't see much more on this visit. I went to see the huge William Morris and Company windows, which are in the apse. I wasn't as excited as I had planned to be. It was a very big window, with tiers of Saints and more Saints, which were hard to appreciate with so many featured together. See what you think,
Street level entrance to the cathedral grounds
Ribbed vaulting.
William Morris and Comapany windows.
Originally this was one huge window, before the East facade was renovated.
There was a lot of interesting bits and pieces throughout the cathedral
Part of an 18th century memorial plaque
Carving on the pulpit
A sheep in the glass; it is lambing season!
Part of a larger window, but I liked this little scene. Reminds me of Bolton Abbey,
which is not too far away.
Mason's Symbols on a Memorial plaque.
A creepy memorial plaque. Carved babies always look odd to me.
The Yorkshire Rose; part of the WWI Memorial to the West Yorkshire Regiment.
This window had some really lovely details.
The West window in the setting sun. Time to go back to York!
In case you missed it, I chose Henry Holiday and the Virtues window for my essay topic. Henry Holiday was a Victorian artist, who coincidentally did a lot of stained glass windows for clients in America. :)