This is quite simply a beautiful piece of architecture. A curved shape, artfully sculpted. It’s in London, in a place of special significance.
Do you know it or care to take a guess? I’ll return on Sunday with a set of new photographs from my visit to this landmark in the capital.
Southwark Cathedral lies close to the South Bank of the River Thames. The building is close to London Bridge and in the shadow of uber-modern skyscraper The Shard. It lies so near to the very popular Borough Market that visitors eating their snacks often spill into the grounds at weekends.
While the exterior is beautiful, going inside the cathedral is a great experience. On this particular afternoon, the choir was rehearsing and in full voice and the light warm, feeding the intricate stonework with its graceful curves and archways.
London’s larger religious buildings, including St Paul’s Cathedral and Westminster Abbey, forbid visitors from taking interior photographs. For a small donation, you are issued with a permit at Southwark and allowed to wander around the building and enjoy it to the full with your camera.
Hampton Court Palace near London is famous for being the splendid, opulent former home of King Henry VIII – the lavish Tudor tyrant with the six wives.
It has beautiful formal gardens, fountains and even a maze. But this one detail caught my eye for its sweeping curves and gorgeous colonnades. This is just one of the palace’s courtyards, Fountain Court, and perfect for a study in symmetry and shape both under the archways and on the outside.
Have you ever found it hard to tear yourself and the camera away from one thing?…
