Be there: Bishop's Palace Medieval Undercroft in Glorious VR
The whole complex dates from the C13th when Bishop Jocelin acquired a licence to build a hall and deer park on the land to the south of the cathedral.
The whole complex dates from the C13th when Bishop Jocelin acquired a licence to build a hall and deer park on the land to the south of the cathedral.
Come with me into the nave at Wells and witness one of the most remarkable acts of architecture in Europe.
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I chuckle at the coincidence that an act of genius of the purest wisdom should find itself settling into a combination of shapes that intimate the face of an owl.
For a moment, the silence here is broken by a group of visitors. They walk through the threshold and catch my eye. There is a correspondence of awe and wonder; intangible, inexplicable, unmeasurable.
Like Alice through the looking glass, I was first mesmerised by the steps that lead to the Chapter House at Wells Cathedral through another photographers’ lens.
Across a building extruded from the Triassic and Jurassic this isn't just a parable of faith, but also the story of the cosmos itself and our part in it.
Here you can download the VERY high res files from the Wells Light Refinery Series.