Rochester
The
Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary is guarded by a castle
and sits close to the Thames estuary. We called in on the way home from
Canterbury. We were received through a Romanesque door and tympanum, a
semi-circular decorative surface that is part of the door.
Striking
about Rochester is a superb Romanesque nave; it survives because the medieval
builders ran out of money in the 12thC. The plan was to turn the whole place
Gothic. The transepts, central tower and eastern end of Rochester, including
the quire, are seamless Early English; however the whopping nave remains
Norman. Stand at the central crossing and you can see the join.
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