Doors 295 – Doors of Peterborough (Part III), April 2024
This is my second attempt at writing this post – I deleted the first by mistake…very irritating.
Regular readers of Natural Adventures will know the drill by now. When I visit towns and cities in the UK and beyond, I tend to take large numbers of door pictures for Thursday Doors posts, and indeed I have a very healthy archive of ‘pending’ doors waiting to be shared. This has both good and bad aspects. It means that I always have a steady stream of doors to post, but run the risk of being a little monotonous, presenting doors from the same place for weeks on end.
This is the third selection of doors from Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, in a series of five posts (I think), and these were all photographed in the cathedral area of the city in April last year. As ever, I hope you enjoy them:
Some of the old buildings in the Cathedral area of Peterborough speak of its ancient history and wealth, it feels rather at odds these days with some of the more deprived areas of the city.
That’s it for another week, with more to come next time. Until then, au revoir.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
by Scooj
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As someone who has often shared photos from a trip for many weeks in a row, I can’t complain about your posts. Steve. You always have an interesting group of images, and that’s really all that matters. I love the “Black door, window and downpipe” image. It looks like the pipe is reaching out to the building. IT reminds me of Mr. Spock and the Vulcan mind meld.
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I knew you’d like that one in particular. I get what you mean.
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Ecclesiastical doors are some of the best
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So many great cathedrals in England.
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Very true
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magnificent cathedral
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I think that sharing photos from the same city/locale for a series-type presentation adds a great deal of continuity and story. I like that idea. Nicely selected photos as always, for your gallery this week, Stephen.
Oh, the facade of Peterborough Cathedral is absolutely fantastic architecture with rich detail. I can appreciate that the craftspersonship on this cathedral took many centuries to accomplish. Every detail has function, form and style. I love the exposed vaults high up above the portals.
Great ghost doors! I like that the stonemasons who filled in the door space took the time to line up the stone bricks with the existing wall on both sides…outstanding!
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Thank you so much. I agree with your comments about the stonemasons. It isn’t always the case, sometimes they simply ‘fill the hole’.
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Thanks Stephen. Have a good one!
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A beautiful selection.
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Wow, the Peterborough Cathedral is amazing!
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I have photographed more cathedrals in the last two years than the rest of my life put together, I think.
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That top photo got a spontaneous WHOA from me. You needn’t worry about any of your doors becoming monotonous! These buildings seem to wear their age rather heavily; it must feel like time travel to walk around there.
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Thank you. More great cathedrals to come.
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