One of the most distinctive things about Beverley Minster is the hundreds of medieval musicians carved along its walls. In fact we owe much of what we know to sculpture such as this.
Victorian additions to the already impressive legacy of medieval sculpture
the carving is not just at eye level along the blind arcades but also between each arch of the nave
As I walked up to the Minster I felt almost lied to- surely this is a cathedral not simply classified as a "church"? This grand building is on par with some of the best cathedrals I've seen in France and UK.
Late English Gothic has more stone than French High Gothic but has the same aspiration to height
Victorian carved sculpture makes the statues 1/2 life sized to fit the full canopies allotted to them