DC23 The Rose Window in Durham Cathedral

The Rose Window in Durham Cathedral. This is a new full view photograph of the Rose Window. The detail of the stained glass window in this photograph is stunning.

Without doubt the most beautiful feature of the Chapel of the Nine Altars is the huge Rose Window which was originally made in the fifteenth century by Richard Pickering of Hemingbrough and reconstructed in the eighteenth century by James Wyatt. The Rose is ninety feet in circumference with a central core depicting Christ surrounded by the twelve apostles. In the surrounding windows, some of Durham’s key bishops are depicted, including the first Prince Bishops, St Calais and Flambard, and Van Mildert, the last.