The Library is the principle survivor of the 11th Duke’s work and is one of the most important Gothic rooms of circa 1800 in the country. It is 122 feet (38 meters)long, entirely fitted out in carved Honduras mahogany and treated as if it were a church, with slender clustered columns supporting a ribbed vault. [...]
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Arundel Castle – The Library
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 11th 2019
All mankinde is of one Author, and is one volume; when one Man dies, one Chapter is not torne out of the book, but translated into a better language.
John Donne
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 10th 2019
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The Private Chapel – Arundel Castle
The foundation of this Chapel, the last part of the 15th Duke’s rebuilding of the Castle, was laid in 1894 and it was completed in 1898. It is a masterpiece of Victorian craftsmanship: the stone carving in particular is outstanding and was done by Rattee and Kett of Cambridge. The columns and the floor are [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Feb 6th 2019
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Iron Church
This church was built in 1908 so serve the residents of the new village of South Wonston. It is 30 feet long by 15 feet wide (9 m by 4.5 m), with a porch and vestry. A short extension to the roof at the east end forms a cowl for a bell with a pulley [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jan 21st 2019
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever you desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Mark 11:24
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 20th 2019
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Virgo Virginum
This photograph shows a carving of a double V ritual mark. This stands for Virgo Virginum – Virgin of Virgins – i.e. the Virgin Mary. It is not uncommon and is used on a wide variety of building materials and locations as a charm to ward off evil spirits and invoke good luck on the [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jan 19th 2019
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
If the only prayer you said in your whole life was ‘thank you’, that would suffice.
Meister Eckhart
12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 13th 2019
