{"id":10844,"date":"2024-01-24T17:28:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T16:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=10844"},"modified":"2024-05-10T09:38:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T08:38:54","slug":"days-out-st-peters-walpole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=10844","title":{"rendered":"DAYS OUT: St Peter\u2019s, Walpole"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Well\u2026. Hallelujah!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

OMG!!! What an ecclesiastical erection St Peter\u2019s, Walpole, is\u2026 and no mistake!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There\u2019s something phallic going on here\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A pal told me recently that the Indian religious honourific Bhagwan actually means big dick! I do so wish that were true. But a quick look online suggests not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What a grand entrance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This looks and feels like a shockingly grand edifice for such a small obscure location. Look at the entrance. And then inside the entrance; dig those bosses and the vaulting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Inside the main entrance, looking out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This is a truly breathtaking building. I found myself experiencing waves of mounting ecstasy just contemplating it. And how amazing is that!? The very building itself facilitates a kind of chemico-psychic reverie that one could easily call either simply ecstatic, or perhaps even deeply spiritual?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The ceiling bosses demanded your attention.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

That the ceiling bosses, as you enter, demand your attention, and lift your view skywards, towards the heavens, is so utterly apt for a church. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I really must investigate exactly what it is about some church architecture that engages me so strongly. I think it\u2019s a combination of associative ideas, pure aestheticism, and the hedonic chemical circuitry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jaw-dropping \u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One thing that\u2019s very striking about St Peter\u2019s, bringing to mind Hardwick Hall – \u2018Hardwick Hall, more glass than wall\u2019 – is the abundance of huge windows. And the resultant light. Would these originally have all been stained glass? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This wooden partition is superb.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Zooming in on the doorway\u2026 terrific!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s also a plethora of wonderfully worked woods. It\u2019s truly astonishing. Everywhere the eye roves, it\u2019s a feast for the senses, and in turn for the mind. And yet, whilst it simultaneously overwhelms one\u2019s faculties, it also seems to soothe them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Woah! Howzat for a font cover?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

No matter where you turn, there\u2019s artistry of breathtakingly exultant quality, in stone, glass, metal, and wood. Lots of wood! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now that<\/em> is a door!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Now those are proper<\/em> candlesticks!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s also wonderful that such a treasure trove as this can lie open and unattended. Many churches now are locked up. Sadly due, one imagines, to thievery. I\u2019m so glad St. Peter\u2019s was open. It provided me with an epiphany of sorts, for which I\u2019m truly grateful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Holy roof beams, Batman!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Churches, at least of this grandiose sort, always exhort the visitor to look up. And when you do\u2026 well, wow! The symmetry, the rhythms, the light, the accumulation of sensory input, all of it sublimely and divinely uplifting. Talk about a pleasing unity of form and function. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What a terrific pulpit!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The view from on high.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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An abundance of fabulous carving.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gryphon?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dig the painted panels.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The altar and main window.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Zooming in\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A kind of odd combo of space n\u2019 detail.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A panoramic view of the main interior space.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This church really is something very<\/em> special. One of the best I\u2019ve discovered in my recent ecclesiastical ramblings. I\u2019ll be coming back here, for certain. Love it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OMG!!! What an ecclesiastical erection St Peter\u2019s, Walpole, is\u2026 and no mistake! A pal told me recently that the Indian religious honourific Bhagwan actually means big dick! I do so wish that were true. But a quick look online suggests not. This looks and feels like a shockingly grand edifice for such a small obscure … <\/p>\n

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