Lichfield Cathedral, in
Lichfield, Staffordshire, is the only medieval English cathedral with three spires. The cathedral suffered severe damage during the
English Civil War, during which all of the stained glass was destroyed. In spite of this, the windows of the
Lady Chapel contain some of the finest medieval
Flemish painted glass in existence. Dating from the 1530s, it came from
Herkenrode Abbey in Belgium in 1801, having been purchased by
Sir Brooke Boothby when that abbey was dissolved during the
Napoleonic Wars. It was sold on to the cathedral for the same price. There are also some fine windows by Betton and Evans (1819), and many fine late-19th-century windows, particularly those by
Charles Eamer Kempe. This photograph of the cathedral's interior depicts the
choir, facing east.
Photograph credit: David Iliff