Comments on: Cloisters, Lavatorium and Fan Vaulting – Gloucester Cathedral http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2023/09/02/cloisters-lavatorium-and-fan-vaulting-gloucester-cathedral/ Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Mon, 13 Apr 2026 01:04:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2023/09/02/cloisters-lavatorium-and-fan-vaulting-gloucester-cathedral/comment-page-1/#comment-68053 CherryPie Mon, 04 Sep 2023 22:25:29 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=25975#comment-68053 It isn't high up, it just the perfect height for washing. I think my photo must give a false impression of how it looks. It isn’t high up, it just the perfect height for washing.

I think my photo must give a false impression of how it looks.

]]> By: London Caller http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2023/09/02/cloisters-lavatorium-and-fan-vaulting-gloucester-cathedral/comment-page-1/#comment-68048 London Caller Mon, 04 Sep 2023 12:43:50 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=25975#comment-68048 How come the lavatoria were built so high up from the ground? Wouldn't this make washing more difficult for the monks? How come the lavatoria were built so high up from the ground?
Wouldn’t this make washing more difficult for the monks?

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2023/09/02/cloisters-lavatorium-and-fan-vaulting-gloucester-cathedral/comment-page-1/#comment-68045 CherryPie Sun, 03 Sep 2023 21:25:09 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=25975#comment-68045 Gloucester is a particularly good example, I particularly like the lavatorium corridor. Gloucester is a particularly good example, I particularly like the lavatorium corridor.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2023/09/02/cloisters-lavatorium-and-fan-vaulting-gloucester-cathedral/comment-page-1/#comment-68044 CherryPie Sun, 03 Sep 2023 21:24:14 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=25975#comment-68044 It is amazing :-) It is amazing :-)

]]> By: Caroline Irwin http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2023/09/02/cloisters-lavatorium-and-fan-vaulting-gloucester-cathedral/comment-page-1/#comment-68043 Caroline Irwin Sun, 03 Sep 2023 08:19:56 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=25975#comment-68043 Fan vaulting never ceases to amaze me and those cloisters are such a wonderful example. Fan vaulting never ceases to amaze me and those cloisters are such a wonderful example.

]]> By: Hels http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2023/09/02/cloisters-lavatorium-and-fan-vaulting-gloucester-cathedral/comment-page-1/#comment-68042 Hels Sun, 03 Sep 2023 04:29:06 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=25975#comment-68042 The mathematical perfection of the fan vaulting is impressive, even today. The mathematical perfection of the fan vaulting is impressive, even today.

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