Drogo 2

Having pondered about vaulting in the course of the visit noticed at reference 1, we came across this rather different sort of vaulting at Castle Drogo, a work by Edwin Lutyens, the chap responsible, amongst other things, for chunks of New Delhi in India and the Cenotaph in Whitehall.

Telephone defeated once again, not really capturing either the strange texture of the stone (which rather reminded me of the rather cheaper breeze blocks (see reference 2) used in such structures as school halls and gymnasiums) or the strange quality of the light. I guess it was defeated by having the hanging lamp in an otherwise low light scene.

My guess would be that the sturdy looking stone ribs in the middle of the picture do not have anything much to do with holding up the vault above. I wonder even whether Lutyens, in this replica knights-in-armour sort of castle, sank so low as to use concrete for such purposes.

Reference 1: http://www.psmv2.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/exeter-cathedral-4.html.

Reference 2: http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/breeze-blocks.