This is apparently the room the Queen Mother used when she visited her childhood home at Glamis Castle as a young married woman. It is kept as it was in those days:-

Fireplace and chairs used by the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose:-

Dining Room, note armorial stained glass:-

Dining Room centrepiece:-

Cupboard in Dining Room:-

Model of RRS Discovery the original of which can now be found in Dundee:-

Drawing Room. The large painting is by Jacob De Wet:-

Drawing Room fireplace:-

Note again small chairs as used by the Princesses:-

Fireplace in Billiard Room:-

Lovely Art Deco cot used by Queen Elizabeth II when she was a child. And a nice rocking horse:-

Just as a reminder, this is what Peterborough Cathedral looks like from outside:-

This is the entrance from inside – and the stained glass windows above it:-

Stained glass in side chapel:-

Stone vaulting:-

There is another stone-vaulted chamber at the cathedral’s further end:-

Main ceiling – painted wood:-

Mosaic Floor – altars beyond:-

Altar with older stone altar behindr:-

Stone altar, reverse angle:-

I forgot to say in my previous post on the village that Culross is pronounced Coo-russ.

If you climb the hilly street you will reach the ruins of Culross Abbey.

There is a more modern church built more or less on the same site but you can still wander around the ruins of the original Abbey.

Tower of Culross Abbey church:-

Abbey information board:-

The Abbey as was:-

Ruins of Culross Abbey with River Forth beyond:-

Vault. The metal steps up to this are very steep:-

Ceiling of vault:-

Culross Abbey Wall, tower of Culross Abbey church behind:-

Looking back compared to above photo:-

Abbey ruins:-

Culross Abbey church as seen from ruins of Culross Abbey:-

Stained glass window, Culross Abbey church:-

I posted photos of the exterior of Auckland Castle/Palace and of its chapel here.

Proceeding from the chapel into the Palace proper you come into the impressive Bishop’s Throne Room:-

Fireplace and painting:-

Ceiling:-

The Castle/Palace interior has been updated/redecorated over the years and some of the older fixtures and fittings have been kept.

Old wallpaper:-

Fireplace, chairs and table:-

Fireplace tiles:-

I can’t now remember if this stained glass window was in the chapell or elsewhere:-

Eventually the route through the Castle takes you to the Dining Room where the Zurbaran paintings are kept.

Dining Room:-

Dining Room linoleum:-

Dining Room Ceiling:-

Zurbarans Information Board:-

The last of the rooms accessible to the public is the 1930s study of the then bishop:-

Auckland Castle (also known as Auckland Palace) in the town of Bishop Auckland, County Durham, is the former palace of the Prince Bishops of Durham.

It houses a collection of paintings known as the Zurbaráns, which are definitely worth seeing.

The exterior of the Castle/Palace wasn’t at its best when we visited as there was some refurbishment work going on at the side of the Castle nearer the town. That was swathed in plastic. (Our usual luck then.)

Gateway at side:-

Bishop’s quarters:-

Visitor’s entrance. This may have been temporary due to the works:-

The Castle’s/Palace’s chapel, to the right of the entrance, is impressive.

Altar + stained glass windows:-

A marble altarpiece sits against the wall:-

The chapel organ is set on the wall above your head where you enter. The organist’s access is via wht looks like a precarious circular staircase whose upper part is seen to the right here:-

Ceiling. The ceiling isn’t curved. I stitched two photos to show it as a whole. It is elaborately painted:-

Clerestory detail:-

Marble pillar:-

Model of Chester Cathedral in Lego. The idea is you buy a lego brick for £1 and add it to the model. Note the War Memorial on the green patch:-

Chancel:-

The very ornate choirstalls:-

Vaulted ceiling:-

Rood Screen & stained glass windows:-

More atained glass windows:-

Modern stained glass windows:-

Stained glass windows and lightshades:-

Eliseyev‘s is a celebrated upmarket grocery on Nevsky Prospekt, built in the Art Nouveau style:-

View up Nevsky Prospekt. Victory Day banner prominent on lamppost:-

The store’s stained glass windows are lovely:-

Glasgow Cathedral (see previous post) has some lovely stained glass windows:-

There was also a stained glass Millenium window but my pohoto didn’t turn out well. There are some images of it here, though.

On the way back up from Peterborough we stopped at Wooler in Northumberland (Northumbria as was.) It’s one of our favourite places.

It being 2018 the local church was hosting an exhibition on the aniversary of the Great War’s end, featuring photographs and information about local lads who had served.

The church itself contained two War Memorials – one was a Roll of Honour for Wooler Church School, inscribed at top, “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.”

The other was dedicated to members of the congregation. There were two name boards, the first inscribed, “To the glory of God and in memory of the men of …” The inscription carries on to the next board.

Inscription carried on from previous board, “… the Parish of Wooler who gave their lives in the Great War AD, 1914-19.”
Next board says, “In memory of those who fell in the Second World War 1939-45.”

Stained glass in church:-

Grave of J Stothert, Tyneside Irish Northumberland Fusiliers, 12/8/1917, aged 45:-

This church is situated very near the ruins of Whithorn Priory. It’s very Presbyterian in appearance.

The interior has some stained glass windows:-