Durham Cathedral

The cathedral in Durham is regarded as the best example of Norman architecture. It was started in 1093 and the last part finished in 1140. It is a functioning Anglican church so we could not take pictures inside, except for the last one.

 The structure is very impressive although darker inside than the York Minster because of the construction style.

 This is from the inner courtyard looking at the cathedral towers.

  Same courtyard looking away.

 In the pretty decent cafeteria, there  is a cute stone mouse heading into the stone hole. Wonder if there is some stone cheese.

 The cathedral was also done in LEGO using commonly available peices and generated money for repairs. There are cutaways on the other side so you can see in.

The stained glass image of St Cuthbert, for whom the cathedral was built. This site was an important Norther Britain pilgrimage site in the middle ages.