Rochester Cathedral Lapidarium
The Lapidarium of (‘repository of stone’) has grown over the past 200 years into a collection of over 400 fine sculptural artefacts from the 8th to the 18th centuries. Much of the Lapidarium collection comprises medieval sculptural fragments retained from 19th-century restoration and redesign campaigns.
Rochester Cathedral ledger stones
The Cathedral has one of the finest collections of ledger stones in the country; horizontal gravestones sitting atop brick burial vaults containing the remains of wealthy, prominent and influential individuals, couples and families from the community.
Rochester Cathedral vestments
The Cathedral collections include a small number of historic items. The Rochester Cathedral Embroiderers was formed in 1999 to promote the continuation of the care of the cathedral vestments which for many years had been designed and made by Jennie Miskin.
Liturgical features of Rochester Cathedral, 13th-20th century
Rochester Cathedral features several original liturgical features from the C12th and C13th and a fine collection of C19th liturgical furnishings.
Rochester Cathedral architectural history, 604-2020
The architecture, history and collections of Rochester Cathedral can now be explored online in 3D. Sections of the Virtual Tour are numbered according to the chapters of the Audio Tour, with the tour narrated by Jools Holland.
Available at: rochestercathedral.org/virtual
Mural memorials of Rochester Cathedral, 16th-21st centuries
The nave of Rochester Cathedral features a large collection of civilian and military memorials from the 17th to the 19th centuries, including a memorial to Dame Anne Henniker d.1792 featuring statues cast in Coade Stone, A C17th mural memorial to William Streaton moved to the exterior of the chapel is the earliest in the cathedral.
Excavations at Rochester Cathedral, 2015-2020
In a typical year, several excavations take place in and around the precinct of Rochester Cathedral.
Medieval tombs of Rochester Cathedral
Rochester Cathedral features twelve intact medieval coffin-tombs spaced around the east end of the building in proximity to the high altar. They were the final resting place of bishops of priors.
Medieval brass casements at Rochester Cathedral
Brasses were a medieval form of memorialisation, originally limited to members of the cathedral clergy or to the wealthy and powerful. After the English Reformaton many of the brasses were ripped from the floor and sold off to metal markets, leaving only their casements remaining. In the 19th century most of the surviving casements at Rochester Cathedral were gathered and relaid in the North Quire Aisle.
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