The day trip to Stonehenge, Stourhead, and Salisbury was absolutely incredible. Salisbury was a quite little town out in the English countryside, which was also quite amazing. We were there to visit the cathedral, but we also got to visit the town and even a market. The cathedral was quite amazing and I found out that due to the dirt being too sandy, the cathedral actually sank a little bit causing the spire to have a noticeable bend in it.
One of the most incredible parts of the cathedral was the fan vault ceiling in the chapter house. The detail and difficulty of this vault is truly amazing and definitely worth the visit.
This picture doesn’t fully capture the ceiling, due to it being too big to photograph. However, it does show enough of it to really appreciate the craftsmanship that went into making it. Looking down the aisles to the back of the cathedral is also great. After finishing our own tour of the cathedral, we just sat down in the transepts to sketch for a little bit. Upon completion of a few sketches, we sat at the front of the nave, giving us a view from one end of the cathedral to the other. It was so peaceful just sitting there and taking it all in.
We also stopped at a bakery in the town and got some amazing pastries and sandwiches!
We also got to see the tomb of the first person buried in the cathedral, which was truly incredible! Overall this was an incredible day!
Salisbury sure was a great town. It was quiet yet had so many things to do. I throughly enjoyed going to the market, and looking at some of the bakery’s that the town had to offer. I agree that the bakery did have some delicious food!
My favorite part of the cathedral was the chapter house too. There were just so many details that I could not even fathom about designing. At first I tried sketch the chapter house but had to stop because it was way to overwhelming for me to sketch. The chapter house was pretty cool too because you could look at one of the few Magna Carta left.
I will admit the cathedral was pretty cool. Unfortunately I was not to fond of the darkness of the cathedral. Other than that I enjoyed the pointed arches and fine details of the building. I remember hearing about the spire having a slight bend. I tried looking up at the spire but could not see the bend, but maybe that’s because of my non-architecture eyes.
I hope you’re having a great time in London and the surrounding area!