The vaulted ceiling

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The vaulted ceiling

The Chapel of St John the Evangelist in detail

White Tower Warden Clint Miller gives an exclusive tour of th is magnificent chapel at the Tower of London.

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Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Tower of London
In the centre of the chapel you’ve got this great barrel-vaulted ceiling.  This would probably have been made using strong wooden ‘centring’, which the ceiling was then built over. Once the mortar bonding the stones together was ‘set’ and had become strong, the wooden supports were taken away.

Vaulted ceiling, St John the Evangelist Chapel, Tower of London

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