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Salisbury Cathedral clock, restored. The Salisbury Cathedral clock is a large iron-framed tower clock without a dial, in Salisbury Cathedral, England.Thought to date from about 1386, it is a well-preserved example of the earliest type of mechanical clock, called verge and foliot clocks, and is said to be the oldest working clock in the world, [1] although similar claims are made for other clocks.
The stairway is the central decorative of the interior; the entrance has a door decorated with wrought iron and glass, and the railing of the stairway is made up of undulating iron work in exotic vegetal forms. The ground floor also features finely-crafted stonework and sculptural detail.
On the front are doorways and French windows approached by steps with wrought iron railings, with Doric or Ionic columns or pilasters, entablatures and fanlights. The windows are sashes, some with architraves, there are four two-storey splayed bay windows, and in the roof are gabled dormers. [5] II: The White Cottage
Within the arches are three pairs of decorative wrought iron gates, and on the interior walls of the central arch are inscribed bronze plaques. The arches are flanked by curved colonnades with intermediate pedestals and contain wrought iron railings. [28] [29] II: Terrace Wall, Memorial Gardens
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Portions of the rood screen are displayed today in the crypt. Many of the stained glass windows were replaced with white grisaille glass to provide more light. A new choir screen composed of nine wrought iron grills was put in place in 1760. and a new altar of white marble was installed 1767.