St BOTOLPH`S CHURCH in BOSTON, UK. #1

Back in 2014 I photographed St Botolph`s church in Boston uk, better known as Boston Stump. The day was a Sunday and unfortunately there was a service taking place, so we just took photographs of the outside of this beautiful church, vowing to go back mid week so we could take photo`s of the inside. Well after four years that's what we have done and I have to say it was fantastic, everything I was expecting and more. There was a lot of things to photograph that I have decided to show them in two parts, as I wanted to make shore you see everything in this fantastic church, part two will follow next blog. But first just a quick reminder of St Botolph`s Church.


The church is one of the largest parish churches in England and has one of the tallest medieval towers in the country standing 272 feet high. St Botolph`s church is a parish church in the church of England in Boston, Lincolnshire, UK. The interior space of the church is 20,070 square feet. Nave length is 242 feet and the nave`s width is 104 feet. The roof is supported by twelve pillars, 52 windows, 7 doors and a total of 365 steps to the top of the tower, 24 steps to the library and 60 steps to the roof.

 

 

 

 

One of the church`s entrances.

 

 

 

 

The beautiful church roof.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Church Font.

 

 

 

Church Pulpit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TO BE CONTINUED.

 

 

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LIZARD LIGHTHOUSE.

The Lizard Lighthouse is at Lizard Point in Cornwall, England, built to guide vessels passing through the English Channel. The current lighthouse, consisting of two towers with cottages between them, was built in 1751. Trinity House took responsibility for it in 1771 and it was automated and demanned in 1998. Opened in 2009 with a grant from Heritage Lottery Fund, the Lizard Lighthouse Heritage Centre is located in the lighthouse engine room, which still features some of the original engines. Lizard Lighthouse is the largest lighthouse station in the world.

 

 

 

 

 

These are the row of cottages.

 

 

 

 

 

Foghorns on the lighthouse.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A view from the top of lighthouse.

 

 

 

A view from the top of lighthouse showing the cottage roofs.

 

 

 

The Optic.

 

 

 

Another view of the optic.

 

 

INSIDE THE LIGHTHOUSE HERITAGE CENTRE.

 

 

 

Blackstone oil engine. The Lizard had two engines of this type. They drove air compressors pushing the compressed air into the fog signal siren.

 

 

 

The Generator.

 

 

 

A B1-form catoptric and a multi - catoptric lightvessel optic.

 

 

 

Fire truck -- the fire fighting apparatus used in this engine room. This fire truck could be pumped by the keepers and the engineers to spray water from a safe distance.

 

 

 

Lighthouse communications VHF Radio.

 

 

 

Fog signal siren. The two pipes going through the roof go to the foghorns.

 

 

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LIZARD PENINSULA.

Mainland Britain's most southerly point, where the Atlantic meets the English Channel and home to Lizard Lighthouse ( will cover this at a later time). Lizard Peninsula is stunningly beautiful and is unique. Almost surrounded by the sea, the peninsula stands alone from the rest of the county. The peninsula presents a rugged face to the elements. The air here is crisp, clear and unpolluted by industry. The rocks and cliffs of the coastline offer shelter to the tiny fishing villages huddled into their coves, looking now much as they did centuries ago. It is an ancient place, where history is indelibly inscribed on the landscape. The Lizard Peninsula has been designated an area of outstanding natural beauty. It is recognised as being of international botanical importance and here you can find 15 of Britain`s rarest plants. The sea off Lizard Point is also one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. There have been many shipwrecks around these rocky shores over the centuries, which is why the Lizard Lighthouse was built to guide sailors safely past and to warn them away from the hazardous waters off the point.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The remains of the old lifeboat station.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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