Hereford – Minutiae

Catfish

Unusual shop sign (of Jonah and a giant catfish?) in High Town, Hereford.

Suspense

Victorian era suspension footbridge over River Wye, Hereford.

Coronation

Medieval roof boss showing the Coronation of the Virgin, Dore Abbey, Abbey Dore, Hertfordshire

Nave

Hereford Cathedral nave looking east. Romanesque pillars support an Early English triforium or arcade, above which the clerestory leads to the ribbed roof.

Entrance Gatehouse to Market Hall, Hereford High Town, constructed about 1860 with a pyramidal effect. Rusticated archway with atropaic guardian deity as keystone. Triglyphs support blind balustrading, then two figures in niches flank a round-headed window. Two pilasters support a moulded arch or tympanum with the royal coat of arms, below the clock tower andContinue reading “Market”

Fosse

The Fosse, a Georgian town house incorporating a variety of architectural styles, located on Castle Green, Hereford. Completed in 1825, from a date on the façade. Named from Latin fossa, ‘a ditch’, because built on part of the moat of Hereford’s demolished castle (only a pond remains, opposite the façade).

Gamma

Pavement in north transept, Hereford Cathedral Maze-like Escher pattern made from svastika good luck symbols, also called the crux gammata or gammadion, from resembling four conjoined Greek gamma letters