Chichester - Feb 2025
| Brief visit to Chichester | |
| During our weekend visit to see Seven Sisters in Sussex, we stayed in Arundel and dropped by Chichester. Here are some photos. We had heard that parking in Chichester is tricky and expensive. After some research and maybe some luck, we parked Percy in Avenue de Chartres Car Park very conveniently off the roundabout where A259 crosses A286. Use the foot bridge straight into town! | |
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| Straight off the foot bridge we were led onto a quiet path along River Lavant and over to the Roman Wall. | |
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| We admired that the Roman Wall built around year 300 still stands. Still, the Roman's only stayed for 350 years before they left. | |
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| The city is full of listed buildings including this beautiful while one, which now houses an Indian restaurant. | |
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The Chichester Cathedral is - as can be expected - big and beautiful.
We admired the architecture, and Rob was quick to point out the "Flying
buttresses". Later we learned that in 1371 when they added the large window
on the northern side, they had to add flying buttresses to strengthen
the cathedral structure.
On the western side we found the sculpture of Saint Richard. Medieval pilgrims came to Chichester to pray at his shrine. Research tells us that he was canonized in part because once during a Mass he dropped the chalice and nothing spilled from it. Hm, if that is all it takes there is home for many! |
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| Across the road from the Cathedral is Chichester Cross built in 1501 on the corner of Nort, East, South and West Streets. It is very ornate and there are many elaborate features to explore. It is also worth noting that it was keeping correct time! Stone crosses were typically built to be a marketplace. | |
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| An oddity seen during our drive: We think this new building would serve well as "Duke's Keep"! Sadly it has been out of commission since 2018 and is deemed "unsafe". Bad luck, Duke! | |
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Postscript: City visits require comfortable walking shoes and not boots or wellies. |
February 2025