The tower
of Cathedral Church of St Thomas of Canterbury in Portsmouth has long has been a leading
light to homecoming ships. The sea is very much part of this engaging church;
its weather vain is a Golden Barque.
On the
sunny afternoon we visited, a small chamber orchestra was rehearsing for a
concert that evening. The sun flooded through the windows of the nave, built on
the plan of a Greek cross. There is a simple wooden block model, halfway up in
a side aisle, that shows what we have is several churches in one: An early church,
and Transitional chancel, some William and Mary Classical, and a cruciform west
end (where the music played).
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