Bishop Buddies

It was now time for a bit of architectural sightseeing. We walked past the entrance to Vicar’s Close which seemed to be a private community rather than a historical street. We circumnavigated the outer walls of the Bishop’s Palace and spotted a few swans before heading inside the cathedral. This building had some very interesting sights that wouldn’t be out of place in a Harry Potter movie. It seemed to be a huge network of buildings jumbled together including arch corridors and wide stone staircases. The detail on the figures carved into the outer steeple were amazing, while the arches above the nave were literally two eyes and a giant mouth gaping at you. I was also confused by the cope chest which is a particularly large and unnecessary way to store one’s cape. One staircase seemed to lead to nowhere but a large domed room with a giant pillar in the middle which would have been ideal for a large group of people to converse at once.