Explore the fascinating world of gargoyles, the strange stone faces, dragons and monsters that adorn the outside of Westminster Abbey, then make your own! High up, on the outside of Westminster Abbey, ...
Five years of renovations and the input of more than 1,000 artisans, from sculptors to stained glass glaziers, have brought ...
The Freeminer is the second of six grotesque figures being placed high ... The pair are due to be joined by four other new gargoyles including a cheese-roller, a jockey and a suffragette.
A new gargoyle of a cheese-roller is to be installed at Gloucester Cathedral. The 3ft (1m) tall grotesque figure is due to be placed high above the north side of the cathedral, as part of a £ ...
We’re working with the same limestone used for the newly renovated gargoyles and chimeras of Notre-Dame, from a quarry called ...
Victor, Hugo and Laverne are in fact chimaeras, purely decorative statues with grotesque faces. A gargoyle is functional, with a spout in its mouth to evacuate water from the drains. The original ...