Cherie's Place » Warship http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:58:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Rochester Guildhall http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2012/01/28/rochester-guildhall/ http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2012/01/28/rochester-guildhall/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:56:14 +0000 CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=7581 Eighteenth-Century Warship

On my recent trip to Kent I payed my first visit to Rochester and one of the first things I noticed as I entered the city was a weather vane in the shape of a ship. On further investigation I found that it was on top of the guildhall which was built in 1687.

Outside, mounted on the roof, is an amazing weather vane in the form of a fully rigged 18th-century warship. This is 1.52m tall and weighs just under 51kg. It is made of gilded copper and lead alloy and has weathered the ever-changing climate since 1780.

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