After a wander along, and in and out of the
wonderful variety of shops in the main street of Sherborne, we detoured along a
side street for a look at Sherborne Abbey. It was late in the day and the
building was due to close in just fifteen minutes’ time, but we were able to
have a quick look.
I was immediately spellbound! My eyes were
constantly drawn upwards to the incredible ceiling, with its superb fan
vaulting that looks for all the world like gigantic stylised branching trees,
and which, I was amazed to learn, had been built in the 15th century, completed
around 1490.
I’ve since read that there are many other
noteworthy features to be seen and admired so I simply must go back for another
visit to the abbey when next I am in Dorset. In the meantime though, those
ceilings ...
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